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Why Berkeley’s free-speech double-standard is so chilling

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Universities today often host radicals who glorify death, hatred, and anti-Americanism — while effectively blocking contrary views.

Case in point? UC Berkeley, where a student group is set to host, on-campus by remote feed, pro-terror lunatic Mohamed Abdou — on Oct. 6.

Abdou’s appearance, plus a second talk the next day at Claremont Colleges, invokes the anniversary of Oct. 7, 2023 — when Hamas stormed Israel, raped dozens of women, killed 1,200 people and took 251 hostages.

To suggest that Hamas has the moral high ground after such barbarity is ludicrous. Yet Berkeley and other universities treat the likes of Abdou — self-described as “with Hamas, Hezbollah and Islamic Jihad” — as honored guests.

Meanwhile, anyone speaking on campus against Hamas and Oct. 7 can expect to be heckled, harassed or worse.

The double standard is especially galling at UC Berkeley — the birthplace of the free speech movement, where students in the 1960s fought campus restrictions on political speech and won.

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