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Finkelstein Loses Bid For Tenure. Eh.

We know we really ought to care about this. Academic freedom and what not. But honestly, it couldn't happen to a nicer anti-Semite:

Chicago's DePaul University rejected a Jewish political science professor's tenure request because of the professor's opinions on the Holocaust... Prof. Norman Finkelstein has said that Israel uses the Holocaust as an excuse... [and] called Holocaust survivor and scholar Eli Wiesel a "clown prince."

To be honest, we are kind of torn about this. For someone who's published a fair amount to get rejected because of the content of their work - it goes against deeply, deeply ingrained sensibilities. But we're not free speech absolutists, and that extends to tenure. So on this issue, we'll choose to die on some other hill.

References:
* US Jewish prof. refused tenure due to Shoah views [JPost]

Previously:
* AbbaGav's Inspired Description of Ahmadinejad
* British Journalists Put Holocaust Denial On The Spectrum Of Respectable Positions
* Over 100 Iranians Condemn Iran's Holocaust Denial Conference

Cross-posted to:
* The Astute Bloggers

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