There appears to be much confusion regarding the action carried out by #occupy against Wells Fargo’s CEO late last semester. As a part of Occupy NCSU, I would like to make a public service announcement and clarify one simple fact: Being deemed respectful or well-mannered was hardly a priority of ours.   Allow me to substantiate this statement. Yes, being well-behaved would have had the advantage of not incurring the spite of many students. But I doubt that those who opposed our action would have become supportive of us just by our staying outside. They would have remained constants in our equation of generating support and praise regardless of what we did. However, by conducting our mic check inside the auditorium, where there was surely a significant number of people, who took something out of the occasion other than our insolence, we generated some interest in Wells Fargo’s unethical and deceptive existence. So in response to Ms. Ericksen, no, we were not “pointless” in our actions.   But that wasn’t the only accomplishment of the evening. We also succeeded in  creating yet another small tremor in the Establishment that we fight – we further shook the precarious image it is trying to hold straight of a world where all is idyllic, smooth and normal. Only by getting in the face of the powers-that-be, whether through physical occupation on Wall Street or through physical interruption in Nelson Hall, has #occupy come to threaten them so much that the cover of Time Magazine is being specially censored for America, and legislation like the NDAA taking away our constitutional rights is being passed.    Mass social and political transformation has only been realized by rude disturbance and disruption. Would we disparage the strikes by workers in the early 20th century, which led to labor reform such as the 40-hour-working-week, as “unruly” and “graceless?” Would we denounce the boycott of buses in Montgomery in the 50s and 60s as “rude” and “ineffective”?   Disruption of the normal course of events is vital if the normal course of events is to be changed. #occupy is not solely a reformist movement. It is also very much a revolutionary movement. Moreover, it is a revolutionary movement in this country, where willful apathy to matters that really matter is rampant. For this reason, loud and open acts of defiance are required to make people realize that something big and novel is actually happening.   Yes, we were rude and disrespectful. But if mannerliness and respect for those who abuse the nation’s wealth and the people’s dignity were such highly-held ideals, we might as well still be a British colony. “Misrepresenting our university” may we be, but Occupy NCSU will not relent in prioritizing self-respect over respect.   Ishan Raval freshman, First Year College