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14. The article makes a solid point in that free speech is a fundamental

principle - and should be defended vigorously. And that goes double for college campuses. Further, (I personally) found most of the attacks upon college administration to be grandstanding manipulation and theater of the right. (also not in small part opportunistic - in that the right has had universities in their political sights for a good deal longer than just this last controversy)

But - having gotten the above out of the way - some of the speech (and action) that is going on in our college campuses is also clearly (and purposefully) antisemitic - in no uncertain terms. This is also not at all new - but has just found a new 'agent' in the pro-Palestinian voices. (antisemitic fliers, harassment, Jewish symbols and sites vandalized and defaced) So, while I might call the latest congressional 'hearings' theater - I think it is entirely fair to pose the question of whether 'free speech' on college campus now encompasses virulent antisemitism, and calls for genocide? And how that might contrast with virulent speech against race, ethnicity, orientation or disability? Are standards of speech being equally applied? And,if not - what do you intend to do about it?