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Texas A&M suspended professor accused of criticizing Lt. Gov. Dan Patrick in lecture(www.texastribune.org)

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No, this is false. That way lies fascism. Anyone with expertise, academics included, has a responsibility to call out elected officials who are acting badly or advocating bad policies.

Elected officials have a responsibility to the people, one of which is to not punish private citizens for speaking their mind.

I mean holy fuck. Abuse of power doesn’t get much more obvious then this.

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