Ivy League Anti-Israel Protests Could Prove More Dangerous Than January 6 or Charlottesville

The First Amendment protects the right to say idiotic things, but the marketplace of ideas also requires that speakers be held accountable for the words they speak, especially if they are hateful ones.

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Columbia University students at a rally on October 12, 2023 at New York City. Spencer Platt/Getty Images

The demonstrations currently taking place on many Ivy League campuses are not only about Palestinians, Gaza, or even Israel. The war in Gaza is providing an excuse for anti-American and anti-Western radicals and anarchists to try to damage and weaken our government and those of other Western democracies.

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