OK, this is not much of a free speech issue. USC, as far as I know, never said the speech couldn’t be published, put on line, or shouted from the street corner. It simply said the young lady could not give the Valedictorian speech. Making a valedictorian speech is not a constitutional right.
Secondly, the student has called for the eliminate of Israel. And where would Israelis then go? While what Israel is doing on the West Bank and Gaza is criminal, elimination of Israel would definitely be genocidal. And if you point out that Israel is the result of colonialism, you also better advocate giving the remaining Indians the land that is now the United States.
Thirdly, imagine if the student planned to call for the elimination of Ukraine, or Tibet, or Taiwan. I think the reaction would be clear.
However, here is what I see as the big issue. The speaker was selected from more than 200 students who met the academic qualification. That is a grade point average of at least 3.98. There are over 200 students at USC who have basically the equivalent of a 4.0 average? USC either has one heck of a large number of really bright kids, or the professors there have totally succumbed to grade inflation. I suspect the latter.
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