Hate speech against Jews permissible

Extreme hate speech against Jews and Israel from Muslims on University of California campuses is common.  Jews have submitted that such speech be banned as hate speech.  The President of the UC system, himself a Jew has very politely declined to do that.

The letter below from FIRE refers:

Dear President Yudof:

The Foundation for Individual Rights in Education (FIRE; thefire.org) writes today to express our shock and dismay at the recommendation of members of your Advisory Council on Campus Climate, Culture and Inclusion that the University of California System enact unconstitutional "hate speech" policies. As the leader of a public university system legally and morally bound by the First Amendment, you must reject this misguided and illiberal recommendation. FIRE urges you to do so promptly and unequivocally.

On July 9, the fact-finding team of the Advisory Council released its "University of California Jewish Student Campus Climate Fact-Finding Team Report & Recommendations" ("the Report"). Authored by Council members Richard Barton, National Education Chair of the Anti-Defamation League and partner at Procopio, Cory, Hargreaves and Savitch LLP, and Alice Huffman, President of the California State Conference of the NAACP, the Report aims to "identify steps needed to make campuses more inclusive and welcoming for Jewish students as well as all community members." In pursuit of this laudable goal, the Report errs dramatically in recommending that the UC System deliberately violate the First Amendment.

Specifically, the Report advises:

"UC should adopt a hate speech-free campus policy.

While many campuses have adopted hate-free campaigns or issued commitments affirming the free and open exchange of ideas while maintaining a civil and supportive community, UC does not have a hate-free policy that allows the campus to prevent well-known bigoted and hate organizations from speaking on campus (aside for [sic] time, place, and manner provisions), such as the KKK. UC should push its current harassment and nondiscrimination provisions further, clearly define hate speech in its guidelines, and seek opportunities to prohibit hate speech on campus. The President should request that General Counsel examine opportunities to develop policies that give campus administrators authority to prohibit such activities on campus. The Team recognizes that changes to UC hate speech policies may result in legal challenge, but offer that UC accept the challenge. [Emphasis added]."

This recommendation demonstrates an inexcusable contempt for the First Amendment and the essentiality of freedom of expression at our nation's public colleges and universities.

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If the hate speech had been coming from Christians the response might have been different.