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   XPost: talk.politics.misc, alt.los-angeles   
   From: JW@jw.com   
      
   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   
   >>  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.   
      
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