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Professor's 'Death to Israel' Rant Sparks Controversy at Kent State
A Kent State University professor allegedly with former ties to a jihadist website shouted "Death to Israel" at a public lecture delivered on the Ohio campus by a former Israeli diplomat.

The outburst came during a presentation this week by Ismael Khaldi, a former deputy counsel general at the Israeli consulate in San Francisco. During the question and answer period, KSU history professor Julio Pino launched a series of provocative questions at Khaldi.

At some point, the professor shouted "Death to Israel" and then stormed out of the building. The event was first reported by the KSU student news site KentWired.

KSU president Lester Lefton, who is Jewish, denounced Pino's outburst, calling it "reprehensible and an embarrassment to our university."

At the same time, he defended Pino's free speech rights.
Problem with this. If clearly "hate speech" is "free speech", then why is it a criminal offense when used elsewhere? Does Kent State have a "hate speech code"?
What about Mr. Khaldi's free speech rights? Not to mention the freely engaging in commerce rights of those who paid for the opportunity to listen to him? (if the lecture was free to the public, surely someone paid the speaker's fee, rent for the auditorium, that kind of thing.)

Posted by: Anonymoose 2011-10-30
http://www.rantburg.com/poparticle.php?ID=332558