Up until now, I’ve avoided commenting on the Yoo controversy due to ignorance (I haven’t had the time to read the infamous torture memo), and my desire to stay as publicly neutral as possible on hot button issues.
Of course, in the relative privacy of beers and nachos with my Labor Law professor and classmates, all bets are off.
That was the case yesterday, when I forced myself to stomach two beers and get political with my Berkeley Law colleagues. Although I've made a personal rule for myself to stay as neutral and centered as possible in law school (I even changed my political views on Facebook to “other” from their previous “as far left as I can get”) because I wanted to keep a mystery about me that would make everyone feel comfortable around me.
Yesterday, when the conversation turned to Yoo, I sat and merely listened. My only comments on the issue are that Yoo is a nice guy (or at least such has been my experience with him), and that I don’t have a problem with graduation protesters, so long as they don’t disrupt the actual ceremony.
My comments were innocuous compared to my compadres, but I don't think I'm alone in my neutrality sentiment.
My friend Darius, a 2L and EIC of the Berkeley Journal of African American Law and Policy believes students should, “Save it for Oprah” when it comes to controversial views about hot button issues. God forbid one of us should become the next Jeremiah Wright.
Anyone else out there not playing into the Yoo to-do?
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