"To use an analogy, a motorist who is stopped and ticketed for speeding because the police officer was offended by the contents of her bumper sticker, and who otherwise would have been sent away with a warning, is still guilty of speeding, even if the officer’s motive for punishing the speeder was the offense taken to the speeder’s exercise of her right to free speech. No court would consider the improper motive of the police officer to constitute a defense to speeding, however protected by legal free speech guarantees the contents of the bumper sticker might be."
But if he did the things he's accused of, he should be punished.
And the people who hired and promoted him should also be fired.
On a pragmatic note, once charges of this nature come to public light, they have to be seen through, or professors of all stripes will be able to get away with the same thing and use this case as a precedent, further politicizing Higher Education.
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Date: 2006-05-16 11:44 pm (UTC)- from the Report
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Date: 2006-05-16 11:51 pm (UTC)But if he did the things he's accused of, he should be punished.
And the people who hired and promoted him should also be fired.
On a pragmatic note, once charges of this nature come to public light, they have to be seen through, or professors of all stripes will be able to get away with the same thing and use this case as a precedent, further politicizing Higher Education.