I’m actually not sure if he calls his mother.

So: I love the talking-to that the President of Columbia gave him, calling him, essentially, a very, very bad man. I also believe that free speech is important, particularly in the context of academic freedom.

But here’s what interesting. I actually don’t think this is an academic thing. I’m not sure Columbia did anything wrong by having the guy talk. But I think the media did something wrong by making it such a big issue. Because–let’s be honest–if Columbia had refused to let the guy speak, that would have been a big story too. So then, the media response decides everything–and what if they had decided to frame it as simply banal?

Besides, Ahmy is just doing all of this for his home election strategies anyways.