A professor at Connecticut College is under fire from students for a Facebook post, six months old but recently discovered, in which he likened Hamas to "rabid dogs." He says it's a metaphor. They say it's racism.
https://www.insidehighered.com/news/2015/03/25/students-criticize-administrations-response-what-they-term-hate-speech-professor
I say it's free speech and academic freedom. Like Justice Scalia, I believe that the antidote to bad speech is more speech:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UgQGJjQq4uk
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