Oh this is absolutely rich.
Brandeis is not only a PRIVATE university, but it's also a historically Jewish one.
Even for a right wing argument on this board, it's HILARIOUSLY bad.
1) Brandeis doesn't have the same 1A obligations, obviously. By this token, does Liberty U have to invite atheist speakers? Does Notre Dame have to invite those who speak out against the Catholic church? No one would argue seriously they did.
2) Rescinding an invitation is not a 1A violation, even if it were at public U. No one has a Constitutional right to be invited to anything. See also when Condi was too afraid to speak at RU, among others.
3) Brandeis is a Jewish school historically, and something like half of the student body is Jewish. The argument that it is working to promote antisemitism or radical Islam is hilariously pathetic. In fact, it passed rules to crack down on antisemitism post 10/7 that might not pass 1A muster at a public school.
4) Your OWN LINK says she has worked at the Hoover Institute at Stanford!
Students protested Condi speaking here. Was that about Israel too? Ah yes, it was about Iraq. Meaning, yes, in fact, students have protested the needless killing of innocent people, Muslim and otherwise, for ages, without being accused of anti-Semitism.
Not to mention- OH THE IRONY somehow gets even more palpable- that Hirsi Ali is mostly protested for being a liar, starting with oh yes *her application to be a refugee*. LOL.
She wasn't silenced, she's speaking at colleges, her 1A wasn't violated, it had nothing to do with Judaism or Israel...my god what a poor example of anything but boundless rightie hypocrisy.
It's a great example. She is against forced child marriage and female genital mutilation so she was called Islamophobic and not allowed to speak. They're not protesting her for being a liar, they protest her for telling the truth about how Islam is practiced in Muslim majority countries.
Is anyone who is pro-Israel speaking on college campuses?
I'm not arguing that it's a 1A violation. I'm just saying that when it comes to Israel, after October 7th, there is not a free exchange of ideas on college campuses.
Yes, it has a large Jewish population, but only 37% of students.
Has Ali been able to speak at Stanford since October 7th?