Re: California valedictorian will no longer give graduation speech over 'alarming' discussion
Just Wondering <[email protected]>
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On 4/17/2024 5:20 AM, NoBody wrote: > On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:23:36 -0000 (UTC), useapen > <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The University of Southern California said its valedictorian will no >> longer deliver a graduation speech this year, citing "substantial risks >> relating to security" over social media chatter surrounding the Israel- >> Hamas conflict. >> >> The Los Angeles school revealed that Asna Tabassum, a fourth-year student >>from Chino Hills, California, was selected as the valedictorian and would >> give a speech alongside two salutatorians. In a news release Monday, the >> university said she would no longer speak at the ceremony after the >> discussion about her selection took on "an alarming tenor." >> >> The move comes after some students, alumni and others complained to the >> university about Tabassum's social media, which includes an Instagram bio >> that links to a pro-Palestine website. >> >> https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/education/2024/04/15/usc-cancels- >> valedictorian-graduation-speech-israel-hamas/73336731007/ > > Nothing like silencing free speech. > If she avoids politics she should be allowed to speak. But the valedictorian speech should not give her a platform for a pro-Palestinian anti-Israel speech. She should be allowed to say whatever she wants on the subject, but there is a time and place for everything and her college graduation ceremony is not the time and place for that sort of thing.