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Greg Stark's avatar

This is not a subscriber-only article, but it's safe to say the vast majority of people here are subscribers. I think it's also safe to say that, at least here, those who deplore this type of behavior by the Trump admin also deplored the Biden administration's abominable record. What seems to be true is the opposite, that a significant number of people who supported freedom of expression and speech when Biden was cracking his authoritarian whip are now defending the Trump admin's use of that whip, or at least trying to whatabout their way around the issue.

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Bruce Miller's avatar

Nope. Not a blanket defense. Just saying that foreign students do not have untrammeled rights. Still we should not be deporting people for writing articles or engaging in non-violent acts of protest.

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Ed Noonan's avatar

I think that is a fair point, and one of the reasons I like Matt Taibbi.

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Jack Gallagher's avatar

I doubt that's true of the subscribers, but then again, I don't know what you mean by "a significant number." Count me as one who would be opposed to what has occurred in this case IF the ONLY cause for her arrest is an op-ed. I suspect there's more to it. We shall see, hopefully.

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