Re: California valedictorian will no longer give graduation speech over 'alarming' discussion
Josh Rosenbluth <[email protected]>
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On 4/17/2024 3:58 PM, Just Wondering wrote: > 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. That's not how freedom of speech ought to work.