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    Commentary: Don’t cancel US college students with strong views on Israel and Gaza. Encourage complexity

    by Michele Bigley, Los Angeles Times Nov 28, 2023 3 minutes
    A supporter of Israel carries a flag through a crowd of students rallying at UCLA in support of Palestinians in Gaza on Oct. 12, 2023.

    Campuses across the nation are debating what is and isn’t free speech. CEOs and online trolls are canceling young people whose positions they consider hateful. Pro-Israel and pro-Palestinian faculty are taking sides. Students are hollering at administrators to do the same.

    I am a lecturer in rhetoric at San Diego State University. Our biggest problem on campuses isn’t apathy, equity or AI. It’s that we aren’t teaching kids to grapple with complex ideas.

    I don’t just mean they lack the ability for analytical thinking or deep they think. They know how to summarize.

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