Bob Fry wrote:
Because he is simply expressing an unpopular opinion. The idea in
western culture is that we don't dick people over for their
opinions. That behavior we leave to non-western cultures.

Newps and Jay agree that:
That's true but the public doesn't have to pay for nutballs to say
whatever they want.

You guys say he's a "nutball." No doubt many others think he's got
something legit to say. Me, I don't care much what he says 'cause I'm
from California: far out, dude!

So you guys don't like him. Others do. Who decides whether his views
are useful or not? Time and history do. That's why tenure exists, to
protect the jobs of a relatively few unpopular folk. Even if you
lived in Colorado, your cost for his salary would be something like 22
cents/year or whatever. The whole "public has to pay" thing is a red
herring. The real issue is you don't like him and want to screw him.

Unless some academic prof does something *really* egregious, I'm on
the side of those defending him and his paid, tenured position. He's
doing what his job description says to do: think, and express the
result of that thinking. Tenure has a long history behind it; are you
so willing to chuck it over one guy? That's scary.