Very disturbing accounts over at MarathonPundit about the case of Thomas Klocek, an untenured professor suspended for the rest of the semester for essentially arguing vigorouly with student manning a pro-Palestinian booth in the student union. I’m sure all the left-wing bloggers who’ve been agitating on behalf of Columbia Middle East Studies professors accused of less-defensible conduct will soon be on the ramparts defending Klocek. Right, Juan Cole? Brian Leiter? (Actually, I’m not holding my breath, but I’d be quite pleased to see Cole, Leiter, and others on the right side of the Klocek case).
UPDATE: Just noticed that David French of FIRE made the same Columbia/Klocek analogy a couple of weeks ago.
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