Funny you should say this, even as a hypothetical. At my college a few years ago, a professor attacked a student for taking her picture near a Republican backed pro Israeli display set up in the student common. The reason? She said her photograph near the display would insinuate an endorsement of the display.
What she was actually doing there... well, she was verbally badgering the conservatives who put on the display.
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Most interesting. Charles Krauthammer said that academia is becoming increasingly irrelevant due to it's unrealistic, Leftist pronoucements. A pro American, Conservative type would have a hard time getting tenure or a professorship. That's why there are think tanks to give bright people on the right a place to go. And they do influence public policy a little.