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In reply to the discussion: Professor Says He's Facing University Probe For Doubting Existence Of Newtown Shooting [View all]proud2BlibKansan
(96,793 posts)48. Ok, he can teach YOUR kids
Get back to us and let us know how well that worked out, okay?
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Professor Says He's Facing University Probe For Doubting Existence Of Newtown Shooting [View all]
Purveyor
Jan 2013
OP
Doing whatever the hell you want and still being able to keep your job is insanity...
Comrade_McKenzie
Jan 2013
#22
Academic freedom =/= making whatever shit up that makes you feel good and calling it reality
Electric Monk
Jan 2013
#32
Are you under the impression that academic freedom means to accountability for things said?
Buzz Clik
Jan 2013
#56
I was pretty clearly setting up a strawman based on frustration in some (much) earlier threads
Recursion
Jan 2013
#69
Academic freedom: saying, for instance, that the shooting might have been due to Prozac
KamaAina
Jan 2013
#68
If I were paying good money to go to Florida Atlantic University, I wouldn't want..
Tikki
Jan 2013
#9
One of the main differences is that when someone in the teaching profession obtains tenure
LiberalFighter
Jan 2013
#41
Freedom of speech aside, this is not someone I would want to have teaching my chidren.
jwirr
Jan 2013
#16
It isn't a free-speech issue; the government is not considering revoking his tenure.
Aristus
Jan 2013
#21
hmmm, now why do I believe that the university isn't really saying anything to him? that this is
niyad
Jan 2013
#23
A mental health evaluation would be an excellent start, and if he doesn't comply,
RKP5637
Jan 2013
#26
People pay a lot of money to be educated not told fantasies by some nut case.
appleannie1
Jan 2013
#29
Academic Freedom helps him somewhat, but he may have violated university policies
aikoaiko
Jan 2013
#44
... I hope he does lose his job--he's an embarrassment, and shouldn't be teaching anybody!
ReallyIAmAnOptimist
Jan 2013
#73
Now he feel what the poor elderly man who helped 6 children who came to his home and
southernyankeebelle
Jan 2013
#79
The freedom to espouse ideas tolerable to the majority is no freedom at all. What's the use of
HiPointDem
Jan 2013
#84