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By the twisted logic of Storms\u2019 \u201cAcademic Freedom Act,\u201d what is to prevent teachers from telling students \u2013 because they feel like it \u2013 the Holocaust never happened, or that the 1969 moon landing was nothing more than a Hollywood sound stage hoax, or that Barack Obama is a Muslim?<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

That\u2019s not \u201cAcademic Freedom.\u201d It\u2019s sanctioning intellectually dishonest scholastic anarchy. <\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

(Daniel Ruth, \u201cHer \u2018Academic Freedom\u2019? Not Free, Just Dumb\u201d, in Tampa Bay Online<\/a>)<\/p>\n

HT Thoughts in a Haystack<\/a> <\/p>\n

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By the twisted logic of Storms\u2019 \u201cAcademic Freedom Act,\u201d what is to prevent teachers from telling students \u2013 because they feel like it \u2013 the Holocaust never happened, or that the 1969 moon landing was nothing more than a Hollywood sound stage hoax, or that Barack Obama is a Muslim? 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