"Bob Fry" wrote in message
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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!


Agreed. When a nutball like Churchill wishes to say things which prove he's
a nutball the best thing to do is shut up and let him speak.



So you guys don't like him. Others do. Who decides whether his views
are useful or not? Time and history do.


Sometimes, but in this case we didn't have to wait.



That's why tenure exists, to
protect the jobs of a relatively few unpopular folk.


Tenure protects the jobs of poor teachers.



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.


I was ready to chuck it before I ever heard of Churchill.