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Vivek Ramaswamy Knows That Republicans Who Embrace Cancel Culture Are Fools
“We don’t quash this with censorship because that creates a worse underbelly,” said Ramaswamy.
by Robby Soave Reason.com
The Republican presidential candidates who participated in Wednesday’s debate spent significant time bashing pro-Palestinian student activists and threatening their free speech rights.
The only notable exception was Vivek Ramaswamy, who criticized students for taking the side of Hamas over Israel but clarified that he would not restrict their right to do so.
“We don’t quash this with censorship because that creates a worse underbelly,” said Ramaswamy. “We quell it through leadership by calling it out.”
To that end, Ramaswamy specifically called out rivals Nikki Haley and Ron DeSantis for their willingness to punish offensive speech. DeSantis recently gave the order to shut down National Students for Justice in Palestine on two Florida campuses, a move that the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression called “dangerous—and unconstitutional.”