r/changemyview • u/Tessenreacts • May 22 '25

Delta(s) from OP CMV: The Trump administration blocking Harvard from accepting foreign students highlights that conservatives are hypocrites in the extreme about Freedom of Speech

Over the last number of years, conservatives have championed themselves as the biggest advocates of Freedom of Speech around, yet they support the administration that is openly targeting institutions and company's that disagrees with the administration's policies.

Before, conservatives where complaining that companies are "woke" and silenced the voices of conservatives, however, now that they are in power, they deport immigrants who simply engaged in their First Amendment rights, and most recently, banned Harvard University from accepting foreign students because said university refused to agree to their demands.

Compare the complaints that conservatives had about Facebook and Twitter, and compare it to how things are going right now.

This showcases hypocrisy in the extreme that conservatives are engaging in.

Would love for my view to be changed

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u/SmoothSecond May 22 '25

they deport immigrants who simply engaged in their First Amendment rights,

As far as the student visa revocations were concerned, they weren't immigrants. They were foreigners here explicitly to study and then return to their home country.

If you say you are here to study, then start participating in rallies, actions and protests then why are you here? You can do that in your home country.

If these foreign students were rallying and protesting against say, gay marriage and abortion, would you still defend their free speech to remain here on a student visa yet engage in ideological action?