UP Activism

From rey's recent blog:

alam niyo ang hirap kase sa atin mob mentality e. gusto nyo gulo kagad. HINDI YAN ANG TINURO NI RIZAL! eto hindi sa pambabastos mga estudyante ng UP. malaking mayoridad ng mga kaibigan ko e fighting maroons. pero sana naman hindi rally agad ang nasa utak natin. seryoso lang. para sakin parang OA e. ayos ang forums. ayos ang discussions. pero wag naman demonstration.

I just went home from the despidida party and I was able to talk to Sir Vlad about this issue. Ang galeng nga eh.. pagbasa ko sa blog ni rey nalaman ko agad ung explanation.

We were talking about activism and I asked for his views about a certain issue in UP which doesn't seem to be an issue for me (all about UP financial stuff). Sabi nya, kaya raw sila nagrarally tungkol sa financial status ng UP dahil wla silang ibang issue na "maipaglaban." UP activists are always on the 'against' side of the issue.Why are they always against the issue? They want to keep the spirit of activism alive. Ayaw nila tumahimik dahil bka wlang magsalita. They are afraid that a day will come when we always follow orders. But it's weird.. meron ng mga nagsasalita against the issue pero gusto p rin nila magrally. Bahala sila, I really don't believe in rallying (at least for this issue).