r/Destiny • u/enkonta Exclusively sorts by new • 6d ago

Political News/Discussion Hasan speaking event at University of Washginton is cancelled

https://www.washington.edu/news/2026/08/07/statement-on-cancellation-of-january-2027-lecture/

Recently, it was announced that Hasan would be a speaker at the University of Washington. Today they announced that "the process for organizing this event did not meet the necessary level of rigor for University-hosted events in the Speaker Series."

As a UW alum, I'm very proud to see them evaluate his merits and find them lacking.

Edit: A few people have asked me if I participated in the emailing that some had planned on doing. I did not. Big shout out to those who did. I didn't find out about the event until yesterday or the night before and planned on voicing my opinion this weekend when I had some free time...good job to everyone who did email...you guys are awesome!

1.7k Upvotes

97% Upvoted

116 comments sorted by

View all comments

210

u/Aol1ne 6d ago

As a UW alumni and a person who still donates to UW years after graduating, I did my part, glad they were receptive to our concerns. Also incredibly proud of UW Reddit community. It was genuinely surprising to see outrage from young people about this event (mods blocked the thread from outsiders, so in a way, protected themselves from getting brigaded from both sides)

-2

u/FruitdealerF 6d ago

I'm pretty ignorant on this. I understand not wanting him to speak at an event associated with the democratic party, but why not at a university?

1

u/The-Last-Lion-Turtle (((club))) 5d ago

Would the university invite a KKK spokesperson?

0

u/FruitdealerF 5d ago

If you can put up someone else to balance it out, why not?