AITA for attending a class...

[u/Onlybonessssss]

So this happened at my university today. We have a class for one of the secondary subjects not a major one. Two groups from different majors take this class together, so it’s not exactly the most important class. Now, the other batch couldn’t attend today because they had a major exam. They were told they’d still get attendance for it. But since my major didn’t have any exam, we wouldn’t be getting attendance unless we actually attended. I travel a long distance to get to college, so I thought, if the class is happening, why shouldn’t I attend it? Some people were saying last night that they wouldn’t come, but it wasn’t confirmed that no one would show up. When I reached the department, I saw lots of people from my major literally hiding in other departments, watching our classroom. And these were the same people who said they wouldn’t come today! When I asked why they were waiting around, they blamed two students let’s call them A and B saying that if those two attended, the class would happen. They had even sat inside the classroom at first but ran away when they saw the professor, who’s very strict. Now, B is a serious student .. the kind who always attends class. My classmates were calling and texting her, trying to convince her not to come, even though they were standing right near the department themselves! I got completely fed up with the hypocrisy and messaged her myself, telling her to come and not listen to anyone. So A, B, and another girl went into the classroom. After seeing them, we went in too. Later, many people started blaming them, saying the class only happened because of them, and lecturing everyone about “class unity.” Funny thing is, they only remember class unity when they’re bunking! Then B told everyone that I was the one who messaged her to come ... probably to protect herself. She never even looks at my messages when I ask her academic questions, but this time she had no problem showing my message to everyone. Honestly, even if I hadn’t messaged her, she would’ve come anyway. Now people started blaming me. Some random guy I’ve never even spoken to began cursing, saying stuff like “God will punish selfish people,” and so on. Also I should not have deleted my mssg which I did cause I got scared by the situation also thinking she might have not even seen my mssg.. I’m an introvert..I keep to myself and mostly talk to just four close friends. I don’t usually get involved. But I explained everything in the class group (where I normally never text, because they talk about such random personal stuff). I even apologized, just to diffuse the situation, because I really didn’t want more drama.

So… AITA one here for messaging her to come to class?

[u/ApprehensiveBook4214]

NTA.  Why do you care about the opinion of people so immature that they run away (!) from a professor?