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Meet the First Tenured Professor to Be Fired for Pro-Palestine Speech (theintercept.com)
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[–] itsonlygeorge@reddthat.com 4 points 1 month ago

Isn’t that the whole point of tenure? You can’t be fired for bullshit?

[–] philo@lemmy.ca 1 points 1 month ago

Here is a local article. This goes back to January and it doesn't sound like a free speech issue especially since Ms Finklestein declined to be interviewed. In case anyone is interested, Muhlenberg is a Christian organization.