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I can't make the link work.
Obviously, Churchill is a pretty big story here. At least it gives the big time (wannabe) politicians in the Colorado Legislature a way to get and keep their names in the news.
Putting all controversy regarding his essays, etc. aside, the scariest part of this situation to me is that it opens the door for our part time legislators to attempt to control higher education. Whether you agree with the tenure system or not, the absolutely worst people to make decisions about it are politicians.
If you think bizarre decisions are made in the academic ivory towers, consider your statehouses.
We tend to either cry about (or decry) The First Amendment and Freedom of Speech, but to silence a dissident voice really does have a chilling effect on the rights granted us by the Constitution. Lawmakers should understand that.
Finally, as someone pointed out above, college is about hearing and considering different viewpoints. The vast majority of university students will take this situation for just what it is -- one man's radical opinion.
Whether it is right or wrong, they'll figure it out.
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The above is the opinion of the poster which may or may not be based in known facts and does not necessarily reflect the views of Delta Tau Delta or Greek Chat -- but it might.
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