Duke students walk out of Seinfeld commencement speech

Students at Duke walked out of the graduation ceremony during comedian Jerry Seinfeld's commencement speech. The demonstration comes amid a wave of anti-war protests on college campuses.

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[peterlongprong]

" A Graduation about Nothing "

[nonamegonzalez]

AND WHAT’S THE DEAL WITH COMMENCEMENTS?!

[brianmeen]

Jerry is wise - life often doesn’t make a lot of sense and a sense of humor and ability to just laugh things off is vital for a decent life.

[joesmith]

The students who walked out could later be heard screaming "SERENITY NOW!" from the parking lot.

[michaelcorvin]

40 people still upset about the marble rye incident.

[astroturf]

why is there a million amazon bot comments what is going on here

[oskirules]

Walking out of your own graduation? What's the deal with that?

[StarPlatinum]

Seinfeld: Why are they having a protest at a ceremony that celebrates graduating? Who ARE these people?!

[georgewashingtonvii]

The way NBC reported the event made it sound a lot of students walked out when only a few actually did. And you wonder why people distrust the legacy media.

[zozetamad]

They need to play that Seinfeld bassline at the end of the video.

[waynegrabert]

Do not lose your sense of humanity. Do not throw out your principles in favor of tribalism.

[maccarnold]

I thank Jerry for giving me years of entertainment. He is right, without humor and laughter, life would be worse than it is now.

[sunshine]

Thats not a walk out, thats the line for the restroom.

[dragonslayre]

I would rather have them walk out instead of them destroying one of the most memorable days for other graduates life by disrupting the ceremony with their selfish acts. Walk on brats, and good luck finding a company that will tolerate your immaturity.

[anthonycharles-di]

The students were angry that day, my friends. Like an old man trying to send back soup in a deli.

[ThePopeII]

Students: "We just can't listen to someone if we don't respect what they do."
Jerry: "You're unemployed!"

[flakcannon]

The crowd booed the 30 odd who walked out. And applauded the speaker. Editing video can cause miss information.

[spoders]

Most important lesson of all:

“Don’t lose your sense of humor.”
-Seinfeld

[coastuncle]

Who....who refuses to wear the ribbon!

[machinech]

Calling those walking out students is as generous as assuming they'll do anything but demand hand outs while crying over the plight of terrorists and celebrating a complete lack of personal accountability.