There's an important distinction between that case and Churchill's. Dr. Al-Arian taught computer engineering, and therefore any comments he made about the victims of the September 11th terrorist attacks aren't protected by his academic freedom (as noted in the footnote earlier). Churchill's paper, on the other hand, was relevent to his area of study.
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Is Churchill using his position to impair the academic freedom of his students by insulting or otherwise harrassing them simply because they might believe a contrary view on the matter?
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It's my understanding that Churchill's unpopular comments occurred in a paper he wrote over three years ago, not in his routine classroom lectures. If he is fostering an atmosphere in his classes where dissenting opinions are stifled, then that's a whole other issue and I would support his termination in that case. However, until I see a report that he's engaging in such behaviour, I will continue to defend his right to publish his vitriol under the protection of academic freedom.