| "For those who don't want to read the article, "What happened when I challenged the PC campus culture at NYU" really means "What happened when I tweeted a bunch of right-wing garbage and associated it with my employer, by name":" This idea (that companies have the ultimate power over your lives) seems to change when it involves left-leaning opinions. Would you be fine if I fired anyone saying anything bad about traditional marriage? Weed legalization seems to be really popular in the tech community. Your body in your own time, right? How is free speech any different? It's just as representitive of your employer. "The answer is that you're asked to take a leave of absence because you're embarrassing everyone." Weaklings in academia can't take a differing opinion are now creating students with this same weak mindset. It's a disgrace to intellectualism..if you can even call it that anymore. "Shed no tears though, I'm sure Professor Edgelord will do just fine in the conservative talk circuit for years to come." You can revel in people with differing opinions getting their livelihood destroyed and their opinions silenced, but when it happens to you, I won't be shedding a tear either. |