Would you walk out if Vice President Pence was a speaker at your college graduation?

Bridget Friend
social worker | Chinatown
"Yes. I wouldn’t waste my time with him. I graduated from Temple. It would be outrageous if Temple ever invited him. When walking out, I’d give Pence a dirty look but I’m too soft-spoken to yell out anything."


Jessica Hawthorne
secretary | Mayfair
"No. I would have more respect for the office he holds. I don’t like being rude to people. I tend to be more respectful. I may not agree with him but I don’t like to hurt people’s feelings."


Stephen Shillingford
chef | Bryn Mawr
Yes, absolutely. He’s a pretty awful person whose ideals aren’t anything close to mine. He probably wouldn’t care what I do. But it would be my way of saying "F U" to him."


T.C. Shillingford
chef | Port Richmond
"Yes. He’s close to the opposite of everything I stand for. I find him repugnant. To stay [during his speech] would imply that I support him. And I don’t."


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