#speechascrime

They say it’s not about one man. But that’s how precedent always begins. One case. One exception. One name that becomes a trigger. Mahmoud Khalil. A student. A protester. And now: A symbol, weaponized to redraw the boundary between speech and exile. You say it’s about violence. But the state never needed violence to silence dissent— just the suggestion of disorder. You say it’s about Western values. But what value system requires removal to survive? What you defend is not civilization. It’s curation. This is not about safety. It’s about message control. Deportation is not justice. It’s deletion. And soon, the name won’t matter. Only the precedent.