Re: California valedictorian will no longer give graduation speech over 'alarming' discussion
Karen Bass USC degree rental <[email protected]>
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In <[email protected]> Josh Rosenbluth wrote: > > On 4/17/2024 6:42 PM, Lou Bricano wrote: >> On 4/17/2024 6:17 PM, Josh Rosenbluth wrote: >>> 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. >> >> I think canceling the woman's valedictory address is bad and wrong. >> However, it's a private university and they don't have to play by the >> same rules as state schools. > > True. But, California has a law which extends freedom of speech to > private universities to the point where a student cannot be disciplined > for exercising their freedom of speech. It's doubtful that denying a > student a valedictorian address is "disciplinary sanction" as stated in > the statute, but you never know. They did it exactly right, labeling it a security issue. Trumps all left-wing activism "free speech" bs.