The Rest of the 'USC Cancels Valedictorian Speech' Story?

As with most things, this one is complex. As a friend of Free Press put it: “A faculty committee picked this student out of a group of 100 precisely so that she could turn USC’s graduation ceremony into a Nuremberg rally. And we’re supposed to be ashamed that a grown-up figured out what was happening and shut it down? The two most famous USC students are OJ and Aunt Becky’s daughter. And that’s okay!”

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So really, it’s an internal USC war. I, for one, would have loved to hear from this woman that the faculty picked. Let these people show us who they are and what they think. Let another famous USC student arise!

Ed Morrissey

That would be a horse of a somewhat different color. The problem remains, however; if USC wanted to cancel the speech because of faculty manipulation, then it should have been honest about it. That might have been a useful humiliation to the faculty committee, in fact. Don't cite "safety" when canceling speeches. 

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