XPost: alt.education, talk.politics.guns, alt.fan.rush-limbaugh   
   From: nobody@there.org   
      
   On 4/18/2024 5:57 AM, Siri Cruise wrote:   
   > NoBody wrote:   
   >> On Wed, 17 Apr 2024 15:24:14 +0000, "Lee"  wrote:   
   >>   
   >>> 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.   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>>   
   >>> "Silencing free speecch", indeed.   
   >>>   
   >>   
   >> Once again Lying Lee resorts to whattaboutism instead of addressing   
   >> what was put in front of him.   
   >>   
   >   
   > Nothing like silencing free speech.   
      
   Speech isn't "free" at USC.  You pay for it.   
      
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