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

On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 16:59:57 -0600, Just Wondering <[email protected]> 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.

Technically, yeah, she can.  Doesn't mean it's appropriate, but yeah, she can say whatever
she wants.

Swill
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