Reply #82: See, this is one of those threads...

[Cessna Invesco Palin]

...that I'd actually hate to see thrown into the dungeon, because there's actually a valid point to be made here with respect to academic freedom which is entirely separate from the 9/11 fuckwittery of the person in question.

Should his delusions impede his progress through academia? Lots of people have weird beliefs. But what about people with racist and/or stupid and vicious beliefs? Holocaust deniers, for instance? Would it be right & correct for a holocaust denier to keep his position? I know, this is an extreme case, and I'm not trying to compare this fuckwit to a holocaust denier. But the point remains - where, if anywhere, do we draw the line? My fundamental view on this is that we don't draw that line at all, because people are capable of figuring things out for themselves. And the last group of people I'd want determining university curriculum are a bunch of state-level political hacks.