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As an educator, he is a representative of the institution. You've claimed W should be forced to step down as a poor representative of the USA (his place of employment), yet, you jump to this putz's defense.
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This "putz" is, as the article states, a tenured professor at UCB.
As an educator, he's not a poor representative of the institution. His abilities as an educator aren't even what's being called into question here.
His dismissal is being demanded by the Governor, and I'm sure the people at UCB aren't taking that lightly. This entire thing smacks of McCarthy-era behavior.
As for your W analogy, I don't believe he should be forced to step down as a poor representative of the USA. I believed that when he was elected in '00. Four years later, I don't
think he's a poor representative of the USA, I
know that he's a bumbling fuckwit with an arguably sinister motive and imperialistic penis envy.
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UC-Boulder has the right to hire and/or fire whomever they like, too.
If I had a faculty member who was making my institution look bad, I'd probably think about canning him. He had his speech, but he may not have a job. That's fair, especially when you're job is premised on the quality and content of a) what you teach and b) the ideas you choose to publish. He chose....poorly.
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Again, he's not making the institution look bad. He's voicing his own personal opinion in an educated way. What the hell makes UCB look bad? He's a man, not a school or even a comittee.
While his job is based on the content of what he teaches, he
certainly should be teaching about the cultural significance of things like 9/11 -- all aspects of it.
My main point is, he's an educated (and already outspoken) person expressing an idea contrary to the "what a tragedy!" and "evil a-rab!" noise. Because of this, he's feeling a backlash from not the school, but from the state.
I wonder how long it'll be before his name is on a list.