On Sat, 19 Feb 2005 16:23:46 -0700, "Michael 182"
wrote in
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"Matt Barrow" wrote in message
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His right to free speech does not include the soapbox to speak from.

Agreed, in terms of the constitution, but completely wrong in the context of
a tenured university professor. In fact, his earning tenure gives him
exactly that, a soapbox to speak from. Once again, I think his comments are
absurd, but the university community, including professors and students, are
rallying around him, with good cause. When we let politicians decide who
should teach at universities based political beliefs we will lose all
semblance of creative thought.


Perhaps Hubert Humphrey said it best:

"The right to be heard does not automatically include the right to
be taken seriously."