Re: California valedictorian will no longer give graduation speech over 'alarming' discussion

Just Wondering wrote:
> On 4/17/2024 10:23 AM, Max Boot wrote:
>> On 4/17/2024 4:20 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.
>>
>> This is speech that you want to be suppressed. The valedictorian 
>> is pro-Palestine, and you, with your knee-jerk pro-Israel 
>> stance, want people with her views to be prevented from speaking.
>>
> Time and place.  She can say whatever she wants, just not during
> the graduation ceremony.

It's important to remember free speech has its limits.



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