“Writing ‘f*ck you Boeing’ is free speech and fully protected; preventing Boeing from discussing jobs with students is not. Calling someone a ‘kapo’ is offensive, but protected speech; breaking through a police line is not.”
Cornell President Kotlikoff explains free speech:
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Cornell President Kotlikoff explains free speech:
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Referring to the disciplinary measures taken against students who disrupted a career fair, a
student asked him:
“Why are you punishing students for free speech?”
He explained the difference protected speech and illegitimate violations of the rights of others.
student asked him:
“Why are you punishing students for free speech?”
He explained the difference protected speech and illegitimate violations of the rights of others.
“Speech that constitutes a direct threat to others, or violates the rights of others to speak or attend events (‘heckler's veto’), is never protected, since its function is not to share thoughts and ideas, but to silence them.” 
The student’s response?
“Boeing kills babies.”
This perfectly illustrates how anti-Israel protestors don’t really understand or care about free speech.
“Boeing kills babies.”
This perfectly illustrates how anti-Israel protestors don’t really understand or care about free speech.
Kotlikoff: “That is not a free speech argument, but rather one that asserts a moral justification for violating the rights of others; that assumes the right to decide what activities other students may pursue, what conversations they may have and with whom they may have them.”
He continues: “No student at Cornell has been punished for expressing their beliefs. Neither will any student be permitted, whatever their feelings of moral righteousness, to forcibly deny others the rights that are central to our mission at Cornell.”
Read the whole thing:
cornellsun.com/2024/10/29/kot…
cornellsun.com/2024/10/29/kot…
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