Serious question: If the whole point of tenure, historically, was to protect professors who express controversial views, why do so few tenured professors today express controversial views? What are some specific reasons? (I'm working on an article about this.)
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The point of tenure was not to protect professors who express controversial views. The point of tenure was to protect progressive/leftist/anti-Western views, which from 1770 to 1970 were the controversial views. What? You thought principles were involved?
An interesting point. I'll think about that a bit more.
