USC cancels valedictorian's graduation speech amid safety concerns over pro-Palestinian post

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Ай бұрын

A controversial decision by leaders at the University of Southern California relates to the debate raging on many U.S. campuses over the war in Gaza. The school says it's canceling a planned graduation speech by its valedictorian, Asna Tabassum, due to safety concerns. This follows the online response to a pro-Palestinian link that Tabassum posted on her Instagram account.
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@brentwalker8596
@brentwalker8596 Ай бұрын
USC doesn't want to put this woman center stage in the graduation ceremony because of her political views and identity. It has little to do with "safety".
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
More likely the school doesn't want to lose the big money from its top Zionist donors.
@davidziol2696
@davidziol2696 Ай бұрын
i mean her political identitiy is literally support of a terrorist orignization so i kinda agree with the school
@fishgutz4272
@fishgutz4272 Ай бұрын
True. They don't want a terrorist sympathizer up front. That person has already gotten herself blackballed from any real job.
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
Psychic powers or u have substantial evidence?
@jacksonrelaxin3425
@jacksonrelaxin3425 Ай бұрын
She’s a cute Arabian woman. That’s why.
@kamikazehound3243
@kamikazehound3243 Ай бұрын
USC has basically given her a larger platform
@BobSacamano666
@BobSacamano666 Ай бұрын
I'd watch a live stream
@Sifat_Rashid
@Sifat_Rashid Ай бұрын
You are right lol
@criostoirodriscoll5472
@criostoirodriscoll5472 24 күн бұрын
Hopefully. Free Palestine
@BillStaats
@BillStaats Ай бұрын
This is wrong! This girl has been the top student in her class. And If she is not allowed to speak in front of her class in person, she should at least be able to make her speech on tape and have it played to the University if there is actually a legitimate safety concern! This is not right!
@mnelson2008
@mnelson2008 Ай бұрын
Shame on USC. We allll know why they silenced her.
@Delvig12
@Delvig12 Ай бұрын
Right decision. Tired of political crap
@Hayley20605
@Hayley20605 Ай бұрын
good for USC honey
@wurds509
@wurds509 Ай бұрын
We all know, mnelson2008? We certainly should. “We cannot accept it....We will not allow anyone to do this by word or deed.” -Egyptian president Mohamed Morsi, September 2012, addressing the UN General Assembly about the little movie Innocence of Muslims "The Prophet is avenged!" -one of the gunmen immediately after they killed eleven staffers at Paris’s Charlie Hebdo in January 2015 “NAIROBI, Kenya (Morning Star News) - Islamists upset by a Christian-Muslim debate are suspected in the killing of a long-time evangelist in eastern Uganda....The mutilated body of Samson Nfunyeku was found close to his home in Kalampete village, Kibuku District early on Sept. 23, after the latest in a series of organized debates with Islamic scholars...ended prematurely due to flaring tempers the previous night. He was 59....At a previous debate...Muslim leaders had threatened him and warned him to hold no more debates, a source said.” -a story filed on October 15, 2015 On July 26, 2016, an 85-year-old priest was beheaded while saying Mass in Saint-Étienne-du-Rouvray, France. An "Allāhu akbar" shootout with police followed. And that is just the tip of the tip of the iceberg.
@mnelson2008
@mnelson2008 Ай бұрын
@@Delvig12 genocide isn't political crap...but whatever helps you sleep at night...
@raptango_na6199
@raptango_na6199 Ай бұрын
​@@mnelson2008​ Yes, it is. No one gives a damn about some college student preaching her views
@charlespatrick8650
@charlespatrick8650 Ай бұрын
strange that none of USC's students have been informed by the school of any "serious threats" to their safety, or what to look out for, or of any precautions to take because of those "threats"
@BobSacamano666
@BobSacamano666 Ай бұрын
That's because there are non, it's just the Js are trying their hardest to keep the truth from spreading and tainting their victim card.
@MAchannel2024
@MAchannel2024 Ай бұрын
Free USA from the Zionist occupation
@factchecker6674
@factchecker6674 Ай бұрын
The entire USC surrounding neighborhood is unsafe.
@factchecker6674
@factchecker6674 Ай бұрын
They might be referring to their mental safety while trying to process the brain garbage salad that is intersectional thinking.
@mnguardianfan7128
@mnguardianfan7128 Ай бұрын
@@factchecker6674 It is possible to both support the state of Israel... AND be disgusted by Israel's actions.
@Ericaaaaaaaaaa
@Ericaaaaaaaaaa Ай бұрын
Ironically, they have given her a much bigger platform and more attention by trying to silence her!
@holidaytrout5174
@holidaytrout5174 Ай бұрын
Streisand effect is going wild, now everyone knows who she is lo
@omarfadil1226
@omarfadil1226 Ай бұрын
That’s what’s been happening, it’s like rinse and repeat all over again and on every issue including the genocide in Gaza…the results being getting more exposure for the illegitimacy of their actions.
@broncoguy4862
@broncoguy4862 Ай бұрын
They exposed her bias and anti-Semitic bigotry, which is why she got axed as a speaker.
@MalcomAli
@MalcomAli Ай бұрын
@@broncoguy4862I think the “ antisemitism “ card gets abused by ppl like you. Muslims have always welcomed the Jews that escaped prosecution and bigotry in European and Christian countries.
@jacksonrelaxin3425
@jacksonrelaxin3425 Ай бұрын
@@broncoguy4862 can’t be anti-semetic toward people who have literally no proof of being semetic.
@kevinjenner9502
@kevinjenner9502 Ай бұрын
AIPAC should be required to register under FARA..Stop foreign election interference.
@BrandyTexas214
@BrandyTexas214 Ай бұрын
What about Qatar? Or china? You ever see what they invest in?
@madworld6801
@madworld6801 Ай бұрын
You are💯 right on point
@madworld6801
@madworld6801 Ай бұрын
​@BrandyTexas214 this Israel tactics doesn't work anymore by avoiding what he's trying to say, lol zionist tactics are becoming Very predictable.
@piratelechuck1911
@piratelechuck1911 Ай бұрын
​@@BrandyTexas214 You can tell that Kevin's outrage has no compass and is completely driven by the media. He has no clue as to what is actually going on.
@HarryDirtay
@HarryDirtay Ай бұрын
AIPAC is run by american conservative evangelical christians.
@MrBopeel
@MrBopeel Ай бұрын
Since when is criticizing the actions of the Israeli government tantamount to hating Jews? Criticizing America's government doesn't mean I hate Americans 🤷‍♂
@tedecker3792
@tedecker3792 Ай бұрын
Absolutely correct!
@tedecker3792
@tedecker3792 Ай бұрын
I hope she puts her speech on KZfaq, I’ll be sure to watch.
@James-np8pu
@James-np8pu Ай бұрын
ok homophobe
@MrGreen-fi5sg
@MrGreen-fi5sg Ай бұрын
Then why is there so much hate crimes then?
@absentstars474
@absentstars474 Ай бұрын
Search “its a trick we use npr shulamit aloni”
@davidg5453
@davidg5453 Ай бұрын
The corporate mainstream position is that they haven't yet decided what speech is over the line? Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?
@playablue
@playablue Ай бұрын
It’s called ⚪️supremacy
@desmeisme
@desmeisme Ай бұрын
For such a rich school why not get more security for graduation, they should have that anyway
@bricolagefantasy7291
@bricolagefantasy7291 Ай бұрын
Rich donation is more important
@bellepage3402
@bellepage3402 Ай бұрын
They wouldn’t need more security if universities concentrated on educating students for work, not woke.
@tomsanders4484
@tomsanders4484 Ай бұрын
why should they they pronanly to not want to hear her crap
@deplorablelibertarian
@deplorablelibertarian Ай бұрын
The ADL made some calls and got it stopped... guaranteed.
@adrianrice6396
@adrianrice6396 Ай бұрын
It's their way of saying you're not using our platform to speak out about that
@newworldbro
@newworldbro Ай бұрын
"free speech" (conditions may apply)
@mwfmtnman
@mwfmtnman Ай бұрын
Yes, duh. Are you a child?
@JD_49
@JD_49 Ай бұрын
Stay in school, hopefully one day you'll learn what it means
@tomsanders4484
@tomsanders4484 Ай бұрын
not her ani american an jewish speech
@omaha-republican
@omaha-republican Ай бұрын
Yeah, terrorist promoting speakers shouldn't be allowed. You really don't agree with that?
@madmouthmarv5098
@madmouthmarv5098 Ай бұрын
It’s a private school, not a public forum.
@rodgermurphy5721
@rodgermurphy5721 Ай бұрын
The college is worried about the loss of donation money, and the embarrassment
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
That is the whole story right there. It's always all about the money.
@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy
@ThatsJustMyBabyDaddy Ай бұрын
The University of Spoiled Children has obscenely rich donors. End of story.
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
And those obscenely rich donors influence all sorts of decisions made by the university, including the cancellation of USC's top student as valedictorian.
@omaha-republican
@omaha-republican Ай бұрын
LOL, what does that comment even mean? And how does it relate at all? Just hating on people who make more money than you with no connection to the video you're commenting on. Weird
@tabachivq
@tabachivq Ай бұрын
@@betsyj59 i love how the response to these things is "rich jews secretly control the world." Sure. Is that why everyone hates them and blames them for everything? I suggest opening your eyes.
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
​@@omaha-republicanprobably a genocide resistance tactic they learned. Or their ai training lol
@darthvadeth6290
@darthvadeth6290 Ай бұрын
You hate free speech 😂
@wilfriedholscher7029
@wilfriedholscher7029 Ай бұрын
Hamas does not represent all Palestinians. Judaism does not represent all Peoples in the State of Israel. People need to think and hear. Decernment please.
@ricardorodriguez5549
@ricardorodriguez5549 Ай бұрын
Can you please point us to any anti-Hamas statements, movements or stances exhibited by any Palestinian leader?
@TheAmzngAids
@TheAmzngAids Ай бұрын
Hamas is literally Palestine's elected government.
@mrsleep0000
@mrsleep0000 Ай бұрын
Nah, it only represents about 96% of them...
@ShaulLeket-Mor
@ShaulLeket-Mor Ай бұрын
This is a really weird statement. Hamas is an organization, Judaism is a religion. Don’t conflate Hamas with Judaism. You can say the Liqud or Netanyahu. Jewishness isn’t the problem….
@jjllama2305
@jjllama2305 Ай бұрын
Hamas is Palestinians. They all supported October 7
@bishop51807
@bishop51807 Ай бұрын
What is the actual speech she Wrote? let us judge.
@safiyahchowdhury4843
@safiyahchowdhury4843 Ай бұрын
She didn't even start writing it !! That's the crazy part. They made a whole lot of assumptions based on her background
@Izzy-zh8ck
@Izzy-zh8ck Ай бұрын
aipac made some calls and made it happen.
@omarfadil1226
@omarfadil1226 Ай бұрын
Exactly ! If they managed congress to ban TikTok for 170 million Americans, and mostly pro Palestinian youth…imagine how much power they wield against these universities…the president of which is either a Zionist or is afraid to have the same faith as the Harvard president.
@wallclock4648
@wallclock4648 Ай бұрын
It only takes 1 call for the long nose to make a decision we must follow
@samuraijosh1595
@samuraijosh1595 Ай бұрын
The little hats be busy right now
@annameytina8995
@annameytina8995 Ай бұрын
Endorsing a call for “the complete abolishment” of Israel is highly disturbing, and it is no more acceptable than if that country were China, India, or Ukraine. Likewise, the complete rejection of the right of self-determination of the Jewish people, and their connection to their indigenous homeland, is hardly reflective of progressive values, and marginalizes the Jewish community instead of fostering inclusiveness. And, yes, I helped with the effort to get her hateful agenda of the graduation celebration.
@wallclock4648
@wallclock4648 Ай бұрын
@@annameytina8995 alright hasbara, how many shekels did they pay you to comment Also let me see a side profile of your nose.
@alexheng3322
@alexheng3322 Ай бұрын
USC is a private school…which they reminded us often. “If you do not like it here or do not like how it is administered attendance is optional.” My dean at USC half joking and letting us know what we could do about our opinion. Class of 2003
@omi_god
@omi_god Ай бұрын
If I were a graduating USC student, I simply would not attend the ceremony. It's a silly event to begin with, but under these circumstances, who could feel good about being there?
@Shinobi33
@Shinobi33 Ай бұрын
I'm sure there's plenty of attending students that would love for students who think like you NOT to attend.
@omi_god
@omi_god Ай бұрын
@@Shinobi33 I see - so you would feel all warm and fuzzy attending a graduation where the literal valedictorian [look up the word] of the graduating class isn't permitted to speak? You like that? Seriously? What country do you live in, pal, because it sure the f isn't America.
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
​@@omi_godnobody likes the valedictorians anyway
@Gilbert-cd9rt
@Gilbert-cd9rt Ай бұрын
​@@omi_god You dropped your purse.
@annmarieknapp
@annmarieknapp Ай бұрын
If I was a student graduating with my Bachelor's or doctorate I would want to walk across the stage. It's a big deal and you work your tail off for it. Unlike a wedding where you choose to marry another person who you may or may not stay married to, we make a big deal out of the ceremony, but a degree you have worked so very hard for and that no way can take it from you, it's not that big a deal? No, it's a huge deal. And I'm an academic who has been to dozens of graduation ceremonies. I did walk for my Bachelor's and PhD and those are precious memories. I can't imagine choosing to forgot such an important event because of the speaker being replaced. It isn't making a statement,it's a person losing out on a ceremony that they and the family and friends who supported them are looking forward to. It is culmination of their hard work.
@rec5050
@rec5050 Ай бұрын
When did “Resistance” become a legitimate degree field?
@engma2006
@engma2006 Ай бұрын
She completed a degree in Biomedical Engineering at a top 10 engineering school.
@wizzyone6789
@wizzyone6789 Ай бұрын
It's just study of genocide. Probably some pretentious liberal named it "resistance".
@deplorablelibertarian
@deplorablelibertarian Ай бұрын
It's been that way for 15 years at any liberal university....and liberals have infiltrated every level of education. I even saw it at TCC and Virginia Tech. I did the 'from here, go anywhere' thing for my last degree. I wore a shirt with an American flag on it and ended up in the flippin DEANS OFFICE.
@dustinracy4314
@dustinracy4314 Ай бұрын
​@@engma2006proof she was dropped bc she was unsafe or unhinged Dei send her home
@abieasemota404
@abieasemota404 Ай бұрын
She’s graduating with biomedical engineering. The “resistance”part was just the reporter talking obviously.
@user-rh4vp7fd8n
@user-rh4vp7fd8n Ай бұрын
They could have easily protected her or could have pre-recorded her speech and broadcast it during the ceremony. Certainly every institution doesn’t pretend to agree with the commentary of every commencement speech. The United States and institutions of higher learning are places where passionate and informed opinions and discourse matter- for all people.
@user-jf8hs5fm7n
@user-jf8hs5fm7n Ай бұрын
Committed to Human rights that’s laughable.
@MrBrewman95
@MrBrewman95 Ай бұрын
I know I laughed too.
@quintrankid8045
@quintrankid8045 Ай бұрын
I also LOLed, but at least it was clever.
@pantethine66
@pantethine66 Ай бұрын
What did David Ben-Gurion say? “If I were an Arab leader, I would never sign an agreement with Israel. It is normal; we have taken their country. It is true God promised it to us, but how could that interest them? Our God is not theirs. There has been Anti-Semitism, the Nazis, Hitler, Auschwitz, but was that their fault? They see but one thing: we have come and we have stolen their country. Why would they accept that?” David Ben-Gurion (the first Israeli Prime Minister): Quoted by Nahum Goldmann in Le Paraddoxe Juif (The Jewish Paradox), pp121. “Let us not ignore the truth among ourselves … politically we are the aggressors and they defend themselves… The country is theirs, because they inhabit it, whereas we want to come here and settle down, and in their view we want to take away from them their country. … Behind the terrorism [by the Arabs] is a movement, which though primitive is not devoid of idealism and self sacrifice.” - David Ben Gurion. Quoted on pp 91-2 of Chomsky’s Fateful Triangle, which appears in Simha Flapan’s “Zionism and the Palestinians pp 141-2 citing a 1938 speech.
@ricksandoval1187
@ricksandoval1187 Ай бұрын
USC is all about money. I love in Los Angeles. USC is probably hearing all kids of threats from the other side. Good opportunity for this girl to find a good lawyer, sue, get paid, and move on. USC would rather pay out this way, they have the money. But they don't wanna deal with her anymore it seems. As Californian, I see it as a win if I get paid out. If you care about causes and have integrity and all that, then it sucks for her.
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
U think u have the right to get money from someone cuz they took their offer to speak at their graduation back? And you'd take pride in making money this way? Lol u have problems
@quintrankid8045
@quintrankid8045 Ай бұрын
I looked it up. It seems that USC is a private school, so what is she going to sue for?
@seanplenahan
@seanplenahan Ай бұрын
Let people say what they need to say, on both sides. Be honest, be open, be respectable, learn from each other.
@BrandyTexas214
@BrandyTexas214 Ай бұрын
Nonsense terrorism is not ok!
@rse4379
@rse4379 Ай бұрын
What sides and what benefit?
@zackt879
@zackt879 Ай бұрын
@@BrandyTexas214conservative republican here- stop being hypocritical to the first amendment. The country was founded on rebellion and protest. Let them say what they want.
@BrandyTexas214
@BrandyTexas214 Ай бұрын
@@zackt879 OCT 7TH WAS NOT OK! NO JUSTIFYING IT! SORRY! HER TWEETS SPEAK FOR HAMAS! 👀 STOP COVERING FOR THESE TERROISTS
@omaha-republican
@omaha-republican Ай бұрын
So, you're for having bin ladens family come and speak? How about Taliban leaders? Or ISIS? We should host people like that?
@Mncrr
@Mncrr Ай бұрын
If you want to know who’s in charge just see who you’re not allowed to criticize.
@Owenalpe
@Owenalpe Ай бұрын
And then you use anti semtite statements like this to support or justify terror attacks. Shameful
@malovina
@malovina Ай бұрын
Right?Because a mob of people at Columbia yo universities seems like a very safe group of people.That's not inflicting safety concerns on any other students.Nor is it not trespassing?After the cops have asked it to leave
@cartomancycarmen
@cartomancycarmen Ай бұрын
Funny i bet had it been pro Israel it would be allowed. Tired of this
@devondanklin1808
@devondanklin1808 Ай бұрын
Both sides don’t give a sh*t about the other, and have proven it time and time again.
@James-np8pu
@James-np8pu Ай бұрын
ok homophobe
@Netcentric-fk6ek
@Netcentric-fk6ek Ай бұрын
actually I doubt it. USC didn't want any politics to ruin its graduation. Either way
@brianjacob8728
@brianjacob8728 Ай бұрын
yup. exactly correct.
@GurtiusMaximus
@GurtiusMaximus Ай бұрын
You didn’t support freedom of speech when they came for Alex Jones, now you support it when they’re coming for you.
@MsBuckey
@MsBuckey Ай бұрын
Excuse me CBS, no one is against the Palestinian people, unless they're helping Hamas. Please report full story.
@ryanbushka7440
@ryanbushka7440 Ай бұрын
Even southern California with the most liberal college administrators knows how divisive her speech was going to be so they shut it down. That should tell you everything you need to know LOL
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
They shut it down because they were told to do so by one or more of their Zionist super-donors.
@BobSacamano666
@BobSacamano666 Ай бұрын
Yeah it tells us who the schools major donors are.
@LosAngelesJedi
@LosAngelesJedi Ай бұрын
in order to learn who rules over you find out who you are not allowed to criticize
@Fecoboost
@Fecoboost Ай бұрын
Imagine that 21 and thinks she knows all about history and how the world works
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
She's the top student in her graduating class at a major US university? Were you?
@BobSacamano666
@BobSacamano666 Ай бұрын
Maybe she studied history in university? Going out on a limb here that maybe even young people can have a solid point of view.
@cherismith5707
@cherismith5707 Ай бұрын
"I used what I learned *at* USC to *inform* my worldviews." Yep, she swallowed all their indoctrination and now feels highly prepared to fix all the ills of the world. They created her, in part.
@tedchristian2235
@tedchristian2235 Ай бұрын
She's finding out how the world works. It's run by people like you.
@hangtownranger
@hangtownranger Ай бұрын
@@betsyj59that just means she repeated the teaching of her teacher in an obedient way. That doesn’t mean she understands it, knows how to critically think, or even knows the opposing views she is indoctrinated with. Remember American schools are tools of indoctrination NOT education. John Dewey revolutionized the school system to become a tool of humanism indoctrination. Where their group said the schools are “a new religion feeds on the dying corpse of Christianity” Humanist Magazine 1985. So we are “educating” our society, we are allowing Humanist to indoctrinate our society and we don’t notice it, because we ourselves were indoctrinated.
@madmouthmarv5098
@madmouthmarv5098 Ай бұрын
It’s a private university, not a public forum.
@hushmoney2058
@hushmoney2058 Ай бұрын
No Funds from America ???
@AllBrightColors
@AllBrightColors Ай бұрын
@@hangtownranger USC is a private university which is why “ donors” aka Zionists / Zionist sympathizers have this much control. Same as they did at Harvard.
@ilahipearson4408
@ilahipearson4408 Ай бұрын
Apparently is a private university, and so free speech isn't a given there. However, we can still say USC sucks because it doesn't allow free speech.
@lalodaniels1388
@lalodaniels1388 Ай бұрын
It is a private university, but it is part of the tuition deal that if you get the best grades, you should have the right to speak at graduation. They should at least return all of the tuition money to her.
@d.n.8919
@d.n.8919 Ай бұрын
Sure, but they aren’t immune from criticism. Even if they have the right to censor the student, that doesn’t mean that everyone has to agree with the decision.
@user-oo5pl6io9j
@user-oo5pl6io9j Ай бұрын
I strongly disagree with her views, but it is un-American to shut her out.
@wallclock4648
@wallclock4648 Ай бұрын
There’s your free speech at work
@BillStaats
@BillStaats Ай бұрын
What are her views? She is the Valedictorian of a major American University. She has earned the right to speak her mind freely!
@user-oo5pl6io9j
@user-oo5pl6io9j Ай бұрын
@@BillStaats I agree she has the right and it was wrong of the university to stop her.
@user-sp1md5xu8j
@user-sp1md5xu8j Ай бұрын
It is like saying: I strongly disagree with her views, but I still support her right to make statements that are terror-supporting and antisemitic.
@user-oo5pl6io9j
@user-oo5pl6io9j Ай бұрын
@user-sp1md5xu8j yes, that's free speech
@dustinracy4314
@dustinracy4314 Ай бұрын
Why are we giving her a plat form she said usa betrayed me
@BobSacamano666
@BobSacamano666 Ай бұрын
The has betrayed a lot of its citizens
@edwinmarquez3768
@edwinmarquez3768 Ай бұрын
Can't be having political speeches at a celebratory event.
@MrBrewman95
@MrBrewman95 Ай бұрын
Exactly.
@16jekelleher92
@16jekelleher92 Ай бұрын
In a interview on CNN, she claimed that she hadn't even written her speech yet and wasn't going to mention Gaza. So they didn't cancel her for anything she was actively planning to say, but because of the possibility that she potentially might have brought it up.
@goldenwarrior5664
@goldenwarrior5664 Ай бұрын
USC students are mostly foreign students paying double the don't care it's the faculty that's complaining.
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
I'm constantly taken aback about how ignorant so many of my fellow US citizens are. Asna Tabassum is not a foreign student.
@goldenwarrior5664
@goldenwarrior5664 Ай бұрын
@betsyj59 most are the point is the the Jewish faculty is stopping this not the kids
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
​@@betsyj59cuz saying the name would some how help that? Lol
@MsBrendalina
@MsBrendalina Ай бұрын
Graduation ceremonies shouldn't be a soapbox for someone’s politics. This is a good decision.
@vel230
@vel230 Ай бұрын
Oh stop your whiney poor me.....your words, your actions, your consequences.
@shoot-n-scoot3539
@shoot-n-scoot3539 Ай бұрын
There were 100 other people who could have been valedictorian. Why choose someone who wants to turn the valedictorian speech into a political talk? The six people who chose the valedictorian needs to be replaced. CBS seems to be in love with Hamas/Palestinian Groupthink.
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
Do you understand how valedictorians are chosen? Asna Tabassum is the top student in the graduating class of 2024.
@SomeUnremarkableGuy
@SomeUnremarkableGuy Ай бұрын
@@betsyj59 read the comment again. do you really think he or she knows how valedictorians are chosen?
@alexheng3322
@alexheng3322 Ай бұрын
USC had 140 students who had the same GPA that applied to be valedictorian….USC picked her, looks like they did not vet her enough. She is not the only top student. This is not high school, more than one student can get 4.0 at USC.
@AmericanCitizen-nf9xc
@AmericanCitizen-nf9xc Ай бұрын
I couldnt care less about matters NOT in our country; it’s NOT our business. In America, this woman has Freedom of Speech! For them to sanction her is an absolute mockery of what we stand for! Let her say what SHE wants to. It is not your place to worry about the affect it will have. You DO NOT have the right to take away HER right!
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
Surely not a bot
@quintrankid8045
@quintrankid8045 Ай бұрын
Is the school she's attending private or public?
@AmericanCitizen-nf9xc
@AmericanCitizen-nf9xc Ай бұрын
@@Draigon18 like a flower with a bee on it, sunlight still shines.
@AmericanCitizen-nf9xc
@AmericanCitizen-nf9xc Ай бұрын
@@quintrankid8045 damn. True.
@gsp3428
@gsp3428 Ай бұрын
couldnt care less
@Game-The-System
@Game-The-System Ай бұрын
I genuinely would like to know what link she is referring to. If CBS was actually doing their job they would take 10 seconds of airtime to show that. However, I'm guessing that the link isn't a positive one and that is why they did not show it. Got to keep up the narrative.
@pinkpickledcauliflower9
@pinkpickledcauliflower9 Ай бұрын
They showed what the link went to -- it was a post about how Israel is a racist state and it brought attention to illegal settlements in Palestine. Pause the video and read
@kevinmiller3258
@kevinmiller3258 Ай бұрын
I wanna know why was necessary for the CBS reporter to say that "USC is questioning why they selected her out of the wide range of possible candidates for VAL." So now, that process might be TAINTED 🧐
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
The reporter is as ignorant as a lot of commenters on this post. It's incredible that CBS "fact checkers" didn't inform the talking heads that a valedictorian is the top student the top student in a university or college graduating class.
@TheZombaslaya
@TheZombaslaya Ай бұрын
How about a Pro-Ukraine speaker? Everyone has totally forgotten them.
@Netcentric-fk6ek
@Netcentric-fk6ek Ай бұрын
Ukaraine the money pit? That Ukraine? Just say no to foreign aid
@TheZombaslaya
@TheZombaslaya Ай бұрын
@@Netcentric-fk6ek And have Russia start WWIII? How about no.
@litedawg
@litedawg Ай бұрын
good
@ml8443
@ml8443 Ай бұрын
@@Netcentric-fk6ekstop using your moms wifi
@lissabee49
@lissabee49 Ай бұрын
Just because you are incapable of multitasking? Your comment is extremely ignorant
@MrBrewman95
@MrBrewman95 Ай бұрын
Hamas wouldn't let her speak at all if she were in Gaza. As a supporter, she be used to being silenced.
@user3567tgyhzz
@user3567tgyhzz Ай бұрын
Man, is there one news channel left that hasn't covered this topic today? I guess CAIR is using this student for their maximum benefit...?
@vasquezmi
@vasquezmi Ай бұрын
We are not giving you a vehicle to further chant from the river ti the sea. Oh well. Grow up
@raywhalen581
@raywhalen581 Ай бұрын
I don't blame the University. Like seriously they constantly are interrupting people's lives.
@JParkSD
@JParkSD Ай бұрын
Great! The last thing one needs is someone with a specific view speaking at a public gathering potentially causing concerns. You really have to be the one who has a great msg for the graduates but at a neutral position. If one spills out their personal view of something, there’s always going to be a clash. Great job getting her outta there.
@Maliceless100
@Maliceless100 Ай бұрын
Asna's been on three networks now. She's a measured person who's concerned with *equal human rights for all* _(not a religious zealot),_ and her speech would focus on the unifying greater good of her class _(what's more american?)._ USC can afford security and should stand in courage and integrity.
@madworld6801
@madworld6801 Ай бұрын
Post your speech on platforms for more people to see than just a handful of people
@TheOnlyBlakeSpa
@TheOnlyBlakeSpa Ай бұрын
When you share your political stance be ready to suffer the positive and negative consequences it brings!
@damovandG
@damovandG Ай бұрын
Good 👍, we have had enough of harassment.
@drdoc7508
@drdoc7508 Ай бұрын
Why even have student speeches at Graduations?
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
Why have any speeches at graduations? Why have graduation ceremonies at all?
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
Y anything?
@Tamisleepin16
@Tamisleepin16 Ай бұрын
You have a great point. I believe to start putting an end to graduation speeches if no student will speak well but rather speak nonsense.
@patmcconville4453
@patmcconville4453 Ай бұрын
Why does she need to do a speech in the first way….
@JohnnyNada
@JohnnyNada Ай бұрын
Because she's the valedictorian
@ugandayabantu7615
@ugandayabantu7615 Ай бұрын
She should let it pass . Her polarising speech would do more harm. Besides she wasn't going to change anything. Her language in her posts on Instagram is so divisive
@inmythoughts718
@inmythoughts718 Ай бұрын
WHAT'S THE BIG DEAL.. POST YOUR SPEECH ONLINE FOR THE WORLD TO KNOW.. USC IS SUCH A SMALL MEDIUM - TELL IT TO THE WORLD
@redjetsen1002
@redjetsen1002 Ай бұрын
Nobody wants to hear it at a graduation speech...This massive guilt trip is the only thing young people can think of now. Just be happy you have graduated with a degree and can go to work, please, none of the other personal bias.
@Mr.H-zu1jc
@Mr.H-zu1jc Ай бұрын
Cancelling pro-human rights speech will open the door to much more violent problem, especially in a country with more guns than ppl in circulation.
@kimandersen9708
@kimandersen9708 Ай бұрын
OMG!!! GIRL?? YOUR Supposed to be talking about. Your graduation, your future. The happy time right at that moment not about crap going around the world, Don't waste a happy day ! It's time to celebrate! OPEN YOUR EYES! You only graduate 1 moment it your life. DON'T WASTE IT!!!!
@totesmagoats45
@totesmagoats45 Ай бұрын
Good for the school exercising their right as a private institution. No student is entitled to give a speech at graduation - it seems like they didn't want to risk it, and that was totally their judgment call.
@patriciaposton1
@patriciaposton1 Ай бұрын
I THOUGHT PROPER PROTOCOL IN THIS KIND OF SITUATION WOULD BE FOR THE SCHOOL BOARD OFFICIALS TO GET AND READ A HARD COPY OF HER SPEECH BEFORE DECIDING ON THE APPROPRIATENESS OF THE SPEECH.
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
That school got a call from one or more multi-millionaire donor and was told to cancel this student as valedictorian.
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
​@@betsyj59so post the evidence plz. I'm not doing work to find evidence for ur claim. That's just silly lol
@foxyroxy2264
@foxyroxy2264 Ай бұрын
What the hell is resistance to genocide
@omaha-republican
@omaha-republican Ай бұрын
It's a comical phrase to take money from dumb people
@MsBrendalina
@MsBrendalina Ай бұрын
Apparently, it means excusing Islamic violence 🙄
@jaymann5180
@jaymann5180 Ай бұрын
@@MsBrendalina It means excusing Israel's violence.
@nursenancy888
@nursenancy888 Ай бұрын
♥️🇮🇱♥️🇮🇱♥️🇮🇱♥️
@jaymann5180
@jaymann5180 Ай бұрын
@@nursenancy888 🤣
@608pinkgirl
@608pinkgirl Ай бұрын
Stop Genocide and Occupation 🇵🇸🇵🇸🇵🇸
@severtone263
@severtone263 Ай бұрын
The irony of all this stifling of her rights is that she now has a platform way larger than USC to say her speech in some way, shape, or form.
@crispinfornoff206
@crispinfornoff206 Ай бұрын
It’s not pro Israeli protesters threatening violence….
@nickg2561
@nickg2561 Ай бұрын
who is it then?
@3ndoku5h
@3ndoku5h Ай бұрын
Oh, look. Someone completely disconnected from reality.
@tabachivq
@tabachivq Ай бұрын
@@nickg2561 who out there is protesting the most, saying phrases like "death to america"? It's not israelis or jews, i can tell you that much.
@susanmorgan4151
@susanmorgan4151 Ай бұрын
Truth!!!!❤
@zaizhouyang8461
@zaizhouyang8461 Ай бұрын
@@nickg2561 Pro-Palestine of course,
@ml8443
@ml8443 Ай бұрын
Oh nos who will save Palestine now
@Game-The-System
@Game-The-System Ай бұрын
A minor in "resistance to genocide." Uhhh...WTF?
@safiyahchowdhury4843
@safiyahchowdhury4843 Ай бұрын
So you don't think genocide is worth resisting? Sounds like a morally deprived position
@Game-The-System
@Game-The-System Ай бұрын
@@safiyahchowdhury4843 Perhaps you are the morally deprived person if you think a degree in "resistance to genocide" is a valid course focus of study.
@ujalaahmed2489
@ujalaahmed2489 3 күн бұрын
Shame on USC…. What she learned from the school…… same school is now stopping her to use her knowledge in practical life !! Ridiculous
@SavanaT
@SavanaT Ай бұрын
Steven Spielberg (J'sh) was just at the school reminding them of the rule of Hollywood and Los Angeles... USC is a top school of Cinematic Arts and they know how and where their support comes from..🙏 America continues its decline due to little brother...
@woolzem
@woolzem Ай бұрын
Are you using Jewish as a villification?
@SavanaT
@SavanaT Ай бұрын
@@woolzem Ma'am, you know how "touchy" some groups can be, and the algos cancel you if you say anything negative... KZfaq is intolerant 🙏
@bruteboy123
@bruteboy123 Ай бұрын
​@@woolzemWell, our country is occupied by Zionist occupied government.
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
First knowledgable comment I've seen on this comment section. It's all about the money.
@molls127
@molls127 Ай бұрын
@@SavanaTno, people will make you take accountability if you're racist or antisemitic... that's not cancellation. that's being a good person
@paigefoster8396
@paigefoster8396 Ай бұрын
Chilling effect on speech
@tomsanders4484
@tomsanders4484 Ай бұрын
goeat as we are tired of these muslims opinions. we are americans. ol
@bevanbray7126
@bevanbray7126 Ай бұрын
How do you feel about social media censoring posts?
@urrasscal8380
@urrasscal8380 Ай бұрын
freedom of expression is hharram in iislamb.
@paigefoster8396
@paigefoster8396 Ай бұрын
@@bevanbray7126 Feelings are moot. Supreme Court: a private entity can qualify as a state actor in a few limited circumstances, such as when the private entity performs a traditional, exclusive public function; when the government compels the private entity to take a particular action; or when the government acts jointly with the private entity. See state action doctrine
@deplorablelibertarian
@deplorablelibertarian Ай бұрын
You liberals never cared about conservatives being censored on social media....this is the same thing. Don't start crying about it now that it's you.
@mezh92126
@mezh92126 Ай бұрын
Call it for what it is... discrimination. Another shame to USC
@mizzury54
@mizzury54 Ай бұрын
So , is " resistance to genocide " an actual minor ? Can someone clarify that ? Also I support this woman's right to free speech, however, just like any other person who is outspoken about any controversial issu, they should not be talking about those subjects in a commencement speech or an awards show unrelated to the issue. The university has legitimate concerns about her safety and the safety of the other students and audience due to this volatile issue.
@413TomaccoRoad
@413TomaccoRoad Ай бұрын
Genocide? Insane.
@gilraenn29
@gilraenn29 Ай бұрын
Academic discourse has no place in a Valedictorian speech. She’s not listening. She just wants what she wants.
@LoveIslam100
@LoveIslam100 14 күн бұрын
There MUST BE PROTESTS IN FRONT OF THE WHITE HOUSE EVERY MOMENTS
@williecruz7006
@williecruz7006 Ай бұрын
Im sure they read her speech and said, “I don’t think so.”
@girlwithathought2940
@girlwithathought2940 Ай бұрын
She hasn’t even written it yet lol 😂
@larynOneka8080
@larynOneka8080 Ай бұрын
We have to protect people from opinions they don't agree with.
@AnthonyWhite-ph1xw
@AnthonyWhite-ph1xw Ай бұрын
Would you feel that way if she endorsed Trump in her speech?
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
Cuz no opinions could ever be dangerous right? Right? Wait what happened to 6 million Jews?
@queentonantzin7993
@queentonantzin7993 Ай бұрын
Especially at institutions of higher learning 🤡
@hermitbob7304
@hermitbob7304 Ай бұрын
I believe it is time to halt this practice of having the students speak at graduation. It used to be an opportunity for some uplifting talk about graduation and the hopes and success for the future, Now it is just an opportunity to spout out mostly leftist talking points.
@Andrina-fl9ef
@Andrina-fl9ef Ай бұрын
A commencement ceremony is not to be used as a political platform.
@Lekin1234
@Lekin1234 Ай бұрын
How can this woman get a minor in "resistance to genocide " from USC? USC offers political events as minors?
@thomasdukes7698
@thomasdukes7698 Ай бұрын
Good!! She should move to Gaza after graduation!!
@privateprivate22
@privateprivate22 Ай бұрын
Good decision, right decision , wrong selection of valedictorian, doubts if she wasn’t chosen in the first place because she is an Arab calling herself Palestinian.
@Raizhen010
@Raizhen010 Ай бұрын
A valedictorian is not selected. It's the student with the highest grades graduating that year.
@privateprivate22
@privateprivate22 Ай бұрын
@@Raizhen010 I know this, but because political “ correctness “ goes above anything and above everything I believe today they select. I worked in h.s. 25 years and I watched how meritocracy has died.
@danzora
@danzora Ай бұрын
I am highly disheartened by USC's decision to cancel a speech without even knowing its content. Couldn't they have requested a copy of the speech beforehand to avoid such a humiliating action?
@danielcrane991
@danielcrane991 Ай бұрын
A Valedictorian invited to speak at the commencement ceremony is just that an invitation and not a requirement! These speeches are not for protest but for the betterment of those graduates attending and their families not one’s personal views of hate.
@sangeetasrikanth20
@sangeetasrikanth20 Ай бұрын
ABSOLUTELY!!!!!!!
@tightywhitey9779
@tightywhitey9779 Ай бұрын
Imagine going into an interview and talking about your minor in "resistance to genocide". WTF is going on with our education system.
@omaha-republican
@omaha-republican Ай бұрын
USC is laughing all the way to the bank. They will give her whatever title she wants and just take the money.
@jingelbells
@jingelbells Ай бұрын
She got a biomedical engineering degree which is one of the most difficult undergrad degrees you can get…
@tightywhitey9779
@tightywhitey9779 Ай бұрын
@@jingelbells hopefully she can keep her minor a secret cause that's hella cringe
@jingelbells
@jingelbells Ай бұрын
@@tightywhitey9779 the joke of a minor in "resistance to genocide" being a shameful thing doesn't even make sense... being anti-genocide is objectively a good thing.
@devonlindsay3879
@devonlindsay3879 Ай бұрын
Bullsh*t. Now they're saying "safety concerns.". That's not what they said at first. Well, it is SC after all.
@quintrankid8045
@quintrankid8045 Ай бұрын
What dd they say at first?
@808638
@808638 Ай бұрын
War in Yemen, Gaza, Lebanon and Iran... Good job on not covering the genocide and WW3 you journalists 😂😂😂
@quintrankid8045
@quintrankid8045 Ай бұрын
Journalists have done extended coverage of Hamas' attempted genocide. And you seem to take a very narrow view. No mention of Ukraine, the stuff going on in Africa, and China's ongoing imperialism.
@sammywellington4513
@sammywellington4513 16 күн бұрын
Is that your way of saying look the other way?
@rossqm369
@rossqm369 Ай бұрын
maybe if you took off that cap you d come across normal.
@JohnnyNada
@JohnnyNada Ай бұрын
Tell that to Ben Shapiro too and his little cap
@XxforevercandygirlXx
@XxforevercandygirlXx Ай бұрын
Good glad the speech is canceled no public speaker should spread propaganda
@VirginiaBell22
@VirginiaBell22 Ай бұрын
agreed
@futurestoryteller
@futurestoryteller Ай бұрын
Yes I'm sure XxforevercandygrilXx is totally a real account with a real person behind it....
@AllBrightColors
@AllBrightColors Ай бұрын
Yet Zionists in and out of your government do it all the time!
@samuraijosh1595
@samuraijosh1595 Ай бұрын
Ok, Jew.
@Spirit-Survival365
@Spirit-Survival365 Ай бұрын
If all students cannot be valedictorian equally then shut down the entire college. That is discrimination and I hope she sues and wins. Unfair policies are not above the constitution.
@armyguytravels
@armyguytravels 24 күн бұрын
Maybe she could have just done a speech that was motivational and positive for her classmates, instead of a political speech
@juantang0
@juantang0 Ай бұрын
The people that said censorship and cancel culture doesn’t exist, Now angry that they’re not able to shout their hate speech in a graduation ceremony.
@jonesfactor9
@jonesfactor9 Ай бұрын
Ignorance is bliss huh? Did she or anyone else show her speech was going to be political or condemning to one particular group? No.
@GodsChosen69
@GodsChosen69 Ай бұрын
why doesnt she move to a muslim country?
@HH-qw6ex
@HH-qw6ex Ай бұрын
It's disgusting and Awful what they did to her.
@halbleavy9900
@halbleavy9900 Ай бұрын
Let's not give anyone's hate speech a microphone.
@delilahhart4398
@delilahhart4398 Ай бұрын
It sounds like they're afraid of losing key donors if they let her speak.
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
That's exactly what it is. You can bet that key donors called up the US administration and told them what what happen if they didn't reverse their choice of 2024 valedictorian (awarded to the top student in the graduating class).
@davidziol2696
@davidziol2696 Ай бұрын
donors dont normally like being tied to pro terrorist colleges cant say i would blame them.
@Draigon18
@Draigon18 Ай бұрын
So u agree it's not worth it for this business? Or u expect them to tank for some people that voted for terrorists? U know not even Arab countries want Palestinians.. telling hu?
@dustinracy4314
@dustinracy4314 Ай бұрын
And we taxes payers has to pay her school loans bc indoctrinated woke students can't find a job .. and no company wants a student of college in this age
@delilahhart4398
@delilahhart4398 Ай бұрын
@@dustinracy4314 There's a high demand for scientists. Since she's graduating with a science degree and is a valedictorian, I'm sure she'll have no trouble finding work. Maybe if you had gone to college, you would know the value of a good education and your grammar wouldn't be so poor.
@knightmareGS
@knightmareGS Ай бұрын
Van Halen!
@JohnnyNada
@JohnnyNada Ай бұрын
This proves what kanye west said when he said you know who created Cancel Culture. Hahaha
@oiulti6900
@oiulti6900 Ай бұрын
As a Columbia University student, and hearing her statements on CNN. I certainly agree with her rhetoric and discourse. I can guarantee that the Columbia student body are in solidarity to her disposition.
@MrJoshuapoon
@MrJoshuapoon Ай бұрын
She learned everything from tiktok
@user-sp1md5xu8j
@user-sp1md5xu8j Ай бұрын
There never was such P state; the Romans changed the name of Israel to Palestina (with an 'a' at the end), but in reality, it was always the Land of Israel.
@betsyj59
@betsyj59 Ай бұрын
She's the top student at USC. Way, way smarter than you are I would guess.
@JohnnyNada
@JohnnyNada Ай бұрын
You learned everything from Daily Jewish Wire
@user-sp1md5xu8j
@user-sp1md5xu8j Ай бұрын
​@@JohnnyNada There are people who know how to read, you are invited to start reading books.
@user-sp1md5xu8j
@user-sp1md5xu8j Ай бұрын
@@betsyj59 Education does not necessarily bring wisdom, unfortunately, and it is known that in the United States, even books are not enough to understand basic things. That's what TikTok is for some figures like her.
@Tyler-hk4wo
@Tyler-hk4wo Ай бұрын
Absolutely ridiculous. I criticize the hell out of Israel and I'm a white American man. I'm pro-Palestine. I love Muslims and Jewish people. I'm an atheist and gay. People should live free and be allowed to do what they choose. This woman shouldn't be censored.
@MsBrendalina
@MsBrendalina Ай бұрын
Do you know what happens to gay people in Palestine? LOL
@Tyler-hk4wo
@Tyler-hk4wo Ай бұрын
@@MsBrendalina are you referring the west bank or the Gaza strip? It's decriminalized in west bank, but with prevailing conservative views, it's still a taboo subject. The Gaza strip under Hamas is a different story. It's still criminalized there. It depends on where you are in Palestine, but regardless, it's still pretty taboo. LGBTQIA topics are very much taboo in the Bible belt of America as well. Transgender individuals have faced much discrimination lately both legally and socially. Your use of LOL isn't appreciated. We shouldn't laugh at anyone's misfortune.
@semsemeini7905
@semsemeini7905 Ай бұрын
So iof they picked someone who made offensive comments about gays you would support them as the student Speaker?
@Tyler-hk4wo
@Tyler-hk4wo Ай бұрын
​@@semsemeini7905 I'm not here to discuss whataboutisms. I'm sure there's plenty of other people who would take the bait, but I'm not one of them.
@philvie
@philvie Ай бұрын
She's getting more coverage by not giving a speech
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