[angkor]

"Certainly the First Amendment protects his ability to write freely and speak freely"

Who's stopping the bastard from speaking?

[Big Digger]

The First Amendment does not guarantee any entitlement to a salary for continuing to say or write what he believes. You can say what you please, but if you piss off your employer, you may become unemployed.

[combatengr]

While the first amendment "protects free speech" the constitution also defines TREASON & treasonous actions. We are at war and during war time there are BOUNDARIES that are imposed by several articles. Where do we draw the line and when do we start holding people ACCOUNTABLE for their speech. Several states have passed hate crime legislation and this idiot appears to have broken several laws. If I could get my hands on this "professor" I would introduce him to a revised "board of education"(maybe send him to Guantanamo). For someone who is supposed to be educated why does he think that he wouldn't get death threats writing what he did? Its like pouring gas all over yourself and then smoking a cigarette. Real smart.

[Nevernow]

Well of course saying that innocents deserved to die is alright, when just try saying the word "God" in an essay or lecture and see how long you can keep your job....

What saddens me is when I showed this to my friend, he said, "Well, they did deserve it." I read the full essay so I couldn't be accused of ignorance. Half of the information is wrong, first of all, secondly he definitely did compare victims of 9/11 to nazis, it wasn't taken out of context anywhere.