Drexel professor resigns amid threats over controversial tweets [More]If he really wants to elicit a reaction, he oughtta try saying something comparably "controversial" about some other race.
Among other things, the decision to leave would not have been his.
[Via William T]
‘The situation involving Ciccariello-Maher prompted questions about free speech on college campuses and whether the First Amendment gives faculty the freedom to speak about public issues.’
ReplyDeleteDid the government censor him? No. That’s the extent of the protection of that right.
Did the university censor him? No. In case you wanted to argue that the university was “government funded” or the like.
The right is to be able to say anything you want — it doesn't force other people to approve of it. Even actions taken under color of right have consequences.
I notice that he did not offer to be first in line to the gas chambers - him bein' white 'an all.
ReplyDeleteOr did I miss that part?