York University Moves to Suppress Offensive Speech - But Only When Jews Are Speaking
pajamasmedia.com
by Gordon G. Chang
November 19, 2010
York University in Toronto, which has gained for itself the dubious distinction of being Canada's epicenter of campus anti-Semitism and anti-Israelism, is displaying once again the moral inversion that seems to have infected its student body and administr
The issue at hand is a November 16th visit to the York campus by British MP George Galloway, as the invited guest of the York Federation of Students. In 2009, Mr. Galloway had been barred from entering Canada due to his public support of and donations to Hamas, a group designated as a Foreign Terrorist Organization (FTO) by the U.S. State Department, Canada, and the EU, but a court has since overturned that decision and given Galloway access to Canada once again. Not everyone was thrilled with the prospect of having Galloway, who, according to wry commentator Christopher Hitchens is "100 percent consistent in support for thugs and criminals," arriving on the York campus to spew forth his rabid fulminations against Zionism, Israel, and the West.
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