The votes are in and the crowd has spoken: the people want blood. Student reaction to Frederick and Chu’s latest blunder has been strong, to put it extremely lightly.
It has been an internet circus for the last three days. On Saturday afternoon, a group filmed a mock UN flag raising. By Sunday night, over 300 people had viewed the video on YouTube.
Twitter is inundated with requests for Frederick and Chu’s resignations. One user, @ashleyel, UBC alumna Ashley Elchuk’s Twitter account, wrote: “Well, you’ve embarrassed all of UBC and this will probably have the opposite effect on whatever it was you intended. Good job.”
Which pretty much sums it all up. Facebook is full of anti-Frederick sentiments. So are our website comments. On Saturday night, for the emergency AMS Council meeting, we hosted a Live Blog event, as did UBC Spectator. Both saw over 300 people participate. The emergency meeting had over 175 people attend. That’s 175 students showing up to Hebb Theatre on a Saturday night. With no notice—students are paying attention.
The majority of people do decry Frederick and Chu’s actions; however, there is a minority that shows support. Rebecca posts:
“[Frederick] represents the students. How can any of you possibly be upset by this? This is brave, not embarrassing. It’s unfortunate that the rest of you do not have the desire to make big moves to stand up for, not only the rest of the student body, but yourselves as well.”
Most of the pro-Frederick camp echo Rebecca’s sentiments.
Top Comments:
Thanks to everyone for getting the word out about this outrageous and irresponsible reaction from members of the AMS who are seeking to overturn the very democratic process which selected them. Social justice advocacy in our AMS Execs is something we voted for, deserve, and should celebrate.
—Alissa W-t, Facebook
These guys need to take Econ 101. If they can’t afford it due to the increasing prices of both pot and education, I’ll tutor them for free.
—V, from ubyssey.ca
Any committee can only act by resolution, and that would have been subject to approval by Council. You deceived us.
—@Naylor4x, Arts representative Matthew Naylor’s Twitter account
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