XPost: alt.education, talk.politics.guns, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh
XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.los-angeles
From: JW@jw.com

On 4/17/2024 5:20 AM, NoBody wrote:
> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:23:36 -0000 (UTC), useapen
>  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.

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