>As people like to say, freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. This is absolutely not the moment to evoke that argument. Freedom of speech m

>As people like to say, freedom of speech doesn't mean freedom from consequences. This is absolutely not the moment to evoke that argument. Freedom of speech may not protect you from social or professional consequences, it absolutely protects you from arrest or criminal charge related to matters of speech. This situation is clearly in the realm of the government punishing someone for a matter of free speech. It is not a "consequence" it is direct legal action by the state. And the claim that being pro-Palestine is equivalent to being pro-Hamas is complete bullshit. Why even pretend that these things are the same? You can oppose the mass-killing of civilians without endorsing the terroristic government that those people live under. The argument that being pro-Palestine is pro-Terrorism, simply because Hamas is the defacto government of Palestine, is not a valid argument given what Israel is doing to Palestinian civilians. People aren't fighting for Hamas, they are fighting against Israel's war crimes against the Palestinian people.