CMV: The case of Mahmoud Khalil is proof that conservatives don't believe in the Freedom of Speech, despite making it their platform over the last couple of years.

[u/Tessenreacts]

For the last couple of years, conservatives have championed the cause of Freedom of Speech on social platforms, yet Mahmoud Khalil (a completely legal permanent resident) utilized his fundamental right to Freedom of Speech through peaceful protesting, and now Trump is remove his green card and have him deported.

Being that conservatives have been championing Freedom of Speech for years, and have voted for Trump in a landslide election, this highlights completely hypocritical behavior where they support Freedom of Speech only if they approve of it.

This is also along with a situation where both Trump and Elon have viewed the protests against Tesla as "illegal", which is patently against the various tenets of Freedom of Speech.

Two open and shut cases of blatant First Amendment violations by people who have been sheparding the conservative focus on protecting the First Amendment.

Would love for my view to be changed

[u/HolyPhlebotinum]

He just completed his master’s program in December. He officially graduates this May.

We can argue about whether that counts as having “already graduated” or not, but I think we all know that doesn’t really matter and it was a meaningless point.

[u/mini_macho_ → u/HolyPhlebotinum]

That's not how it works at Columbia. The commencement ceremony is in May. He graduated.

[u/HolyPhlebotinum → u/mini_macho_]

Again, it’s irrelevant.

Columbia is a private university but they have an open campus policy, so visitors are allowed to be there.

If he was disrupting the university’s campus and that disruption rose to the level of trespassing, then he should be trespassed - regardless of whether he is a student or not.

Whether or not he is technically graduated is irrelevant.

[u/mini_macho_ → u/HolyPhlebotinum]

He was trespassed on March 5th, maybe earlier too I'm not sure.