I never venture into this forum, but I'm at a loss for truly trying to pick a side here. We have all seen how University CEO's were grilled about their policies of calling for the genocide of Jewish people, and whether this is considered free speech. From the clips I saw, all the CEO's didn't answer directly, and if forced, they said it depends on context, etc.
My twitter feed was filled with calls to fire them all and that this was antisemitic, etc. The thing is that these posters aren't the traditional democrats. I thought my twitter feed was mostly free speech advocates, etc. My gut feeling is that any speech should be protected. If you don't like what someone is saying, stop listening to them. Clearly lots of people right now are in the camp of saying kills all Jews, and just as many are in the camp that say to kill all Palestinians. The common thread seems to be that most people are ok with saying to kill other people, as long as they get to choose who.
When it comes to this whole Isreal/Palestine issue, I side with nobody. Hammas did a shitty thing by attacking innocent Israeli citizens, and now, 10 times as many innocent Palestinians have been killed. Sure, all these people would likely kill Jews if given the chance, but what do you expect when you've been oppressed at the hands of Israel for decades? So I could never say I support one side over the other when everyone is out just to kill each other.
But my original question, so I can get a bit of perspective, should a university not always stand up for free speech? A direct threat is of course a different matter, but the expression of an ideology, no matter how flawed, I would think should always be allowed. The issue isn't so much that some people are saying it, but more so that so many people want to listen to it, or act on it. So in a way, I almost support the universities here. If they take that stance that they will squash any mention of genocide, it will be a free speech slippery slope.
