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Dave the Wonder Boy said:
Coulter basically said that the liberal professor is a coward pretending to be a radical, because as a college professor he can say whatever he wants without risk of being fired, and that if he were a true radical, he'd make his inflammatory comments from a pundit where he stood a chance of being fired or taken off the air for his views, or having people not choose to buy his books, such as an author or radio/television commentator.



One of the basic tenets of the tenure process is so that academics can feel free to express themselves without fear of termination on the grounds of simply being controversial or radical.

Now, this may sound surprising, but I do not favor the tenure process. It can allow poor educators to keep jobs they no longer deserve. A radical professor keeping his/her job doesn't concern me. A poor professor keeping his/her job does.

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