XPost: alt.education, talk.politics.guns, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: nobody@there.org   
      
   On 4/18/2024 4:22 AM, NoBody wrote:   
   > On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:24:14 +0000, "Lee" wrote:   
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   >> NoBody wrote:   
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   >>> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 06:23:36 -0000 (UTC), useapen   
   >>> wrote:   
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   >>>> 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.   
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   >>   
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   >>   
   >> "Silencing free speecch", indeed.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Once again Lying Lee resorts to whattaboutism instead of addressing   
   > what was put in front of him.   
      
   He's still upset that Hillary lost.   
      
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