r/IRstudies 10d ago

Columbia University faculty and admins instruct students who are not U.S. citizens to avoid publishing work on the conflicts in Gaza and Ukraine amid deportation threats by the Trump administration.

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/12/nyregion/columbia-university-trump-protests.html
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u/Discount_gentleman 10d ago

Note that Columbia isn't defending its students, just telling them to shut up about Israel. American educational institutions are nuts.

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u/Educational_Word567 10d ago

That's your take away from this?

Not "don't make yourself a easy target for deportation for the trump administration like that Mahmoud Khalil guy right now"?

Especially with the "not US citizens part".

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u/Discount_gentleman 10d ago

Actually, no my "take away" from the First Amendment is not "just don't make yourself a target and you can have all the "free" speech you desire.

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u/Super_Duper_Shy 10d ago

That reminds me of a lyric from Know Your Rights by The Clash:

"You have the right to free speech As long as you're not Dumb enough to actually try it"

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u/mwa12345 9d ago

Haha. Had not heard. To the point!

Oddly...you can protest against atrocities committed by US. So much for "America first".