Florida: Pro-Palestinian Student Group Suing DeSantis

Florida: Pro-Palestinian Student Group Suing DeSantis
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The Spin

Left narrative

DeSantis's xenophobic and authoritarian tendencies are on display when campaigning for the Republican presidential nomination and ruling over his state. In this instance, he's conflating all supporters of the Palestinians with terrorism — a gross act of Islamophobia. This lawsuit will show him that every American, regardless of race or religion, has a constitutional right to assembly and neither governments nor college administrators can silence speech it doesn't like.

Right narrative

This isn't about free speech or the left's bad faith argument about "cancel culture," it’s about protecting the US. If a student organization is affiliated with a group like Hamas, that’s the equivalent of giving material support to a terrorist organization and that organization has no place on an American college campus. This is a national security issue and Florida has made the right call.

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