Micaiah Bilger: Harvard President Admits Faculty Activism is a Problem

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It's bad enough outside the classroom.

Any self-respecting university should at least ban it inside the classroom.

Professors should, IMO, be able to argue--as many on the left do--that activism should be part of scholarship. Now, that's a fucking idiotic view...but it's permissible to argue for idiotic views.

However, in my current opinion, they should not be able to engage in activism as part of their paid professorial duties. Analogous to: you can argue for the view that cannibalism is permissible as part of your scholarship and teaching. But you shouldn't be paid or promoted on the basis of your cannibalism...