AG
It’s telling that all of these takes depend on complete and obvious falsehoods. Columbia has had extreme speakers for years. Ex: Remember when they had Ahmadinejad give a talk. That’s not what is happening now. 1) The non-violent part is an obvious lie. When the group in
Lee Fang
Eight years ago, leftists were shutting down campus speaking events -- like Milo in Berkeley -- over completely fabricated claims around safety. They said allowing rightwing speech posed a physical danger to trans people and people of color. Now, the Trump admin manufactures false claims that nonviolent pro-Palestinian student protests equate to terrorism. You can be creeped out by pro-Palestinian protests or by Milo, that's fine and there's good reason to be, but there's no evidence that either posed any actual risks. It's the same hysterical dynamic all over again.