Free speech on campus: Can it be saved? | WHAT IF?

Relevant to this issue of " Free speech on campus " " this article : [ Palestine Legal Statement on NYU’s New, Draconian Student Conduct Policies August 29, 2024 [ " In a dangerous escalation of repression, New York University announced new student conduct policies last week that appear to prohibit criticism of Zionism. If implemented, these policies risk creating a hostile environment for Palestinian and anti-Zionist Jewish students and severely curtail the free expression of all students. The policy directly conflates Zionism and Judaism by stating that the former is a “code word” for the latter. It goes on to treat Zionism as a protected class on its own—a status afforded to no other political ideology. ​​This is the first university, that we are aware of, that claims that Zionist is an identity meriting protection under Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964, rather than a political ideology used to justify apartheid and genocide. The immediate impact of this policy and others like it will be to chill dissent on campus related to the US-Israeli genocide of Palestinians in Gaza. NYU Faculty for Justice in Palestine have stated that it represents "an intensification of NYU’s year-long effort to censor pro-Palestine activism. " ] As a longtime independent democratic socialist I see ZIONIST control of the mainstream news media in " OUR democracy " a daily challenge to the resurgent anti-war movement . What can be more morally insane than to suggest that college students protesting war crimes of APARTHEID Israel and genocide in Gaza , Palestine are a collective force for HATE in the world ? American imperialism and Israeli Zionism can start nuclear World War III without any hate in the hearts of the imperialist and Zionists leaders and without inspiring hate in their military ? To be sure , the WOKE WARRIOR Democratic Party has promoted the HATE RUSSIA, LOVE APARTHEID Israel, New McCarthyism since the Trump presidential victory in 2016 . And with the full support of the mainstream news media in " OUR democracy " . The daily censorship of American public opinion , censorship not of HATE SPEECH but of our Ideas & Opinions, is showing real chutzpah ! How long will 100 MILLION working class CHRISTIAN Americans tolerate it ?