USC cancels Muslim valedictorian's graduation

speech due to security concerns.

I wonder if it has to do with donations? I'd like to give them the benefit of the doubt but I'm of mixed feelings that free speech could be abridged but again if there are real safety concerns ...

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• CNN article on the matter ClockBlocker 11:58:12 04/17/24 (1)
  • Oh noes! Instagram! Sharing a link! Violence! blindness 13:20:03 04/17/24 (0)
• I'm not buying the safety concerns angle* blindness 15:23:07 04/16/24 (17)
  • Yep. Free speech on college campuses, my ass* DSCBruin 22:20:54 04/16/24 (10)
    • Colleges have to balance what they do with safety confused442 10:47:42 04/17/24 (9)
      • And they also need to explain why inreased security blindness 11:15:11 04/17/24 (3)
        • Re: And they also need to explain why inreased security confused442 11:23:24 04/17/24 (2)
          • Ok then, let's see what those credible threats are blindness 13:13:46 04/17/24 (0)
          • This explains all those cancelled football games* Dr.J 12:23:55 04/17/24 (0)
      • Maybe they should make public the threats they received blindness 11:12:21 04/17/24 (4)
        • Did they say anything at all about any specific physical threat? Dr.J 12:30:30 04/17/24 (0)
        • Did they say anything at all about any specific physical threat? Dr.J 12:29:56 04/17/24 (0)
        • Re: Maybe they should make public the threats they received confused442 11:27:13 04/17/24 (1)
          • If I'm a USC parent and my kid is graduating and I find oout blindness 13:07:32 04/17/24 (0)
  • Re: I'm not buying the safety concerns angle* confused442 17:20:25 04/16/24 (5)
    • Because I'm not naive* blindness 19:17:40 04/16/24 (4)
      • Maybe somebody found Saddam’s WMDs? Dr.J 22:19:29 04/16/24 (3)
        • Was there any moment of resistance? blindness 08:05:19 04/17/24 (2)
          • Pretty much out of the blue Dr.J 09:06:08 04/17/24 (1)
            • Bari Weiss ... that was a good chuckle! blindness 09:22:09 04/17/24 (0)

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