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To add a bit of irony to the mix, Churchill has made comments that literally come to Summers' defense:

"It is our job to confront orthodoxy in a critical fashion, to raise uncomfortable questions, to insult people, if you will, to force a response to form a dialogue that furthers public understanding of issues," Churchill said before a speech at the University of Hawaii.

While I believe that there should be some semblance of self-imposed responsibility that goes with the rights our Founding Fathers penned for us, the sad reality is this: if we are to preserve these rights we have to preserve them even when some narcissistic moron pontificates the ridiculous, the absurd and/or the obscene. We cannot have the mob rule mentality of political correctness deciding what free speech is acceptable and what free speech is not. I will defend anyone's right to free speech but then I will expect them to be brave enough to take responsibility for their words, no matter what the consequences.

As for Summers and Churchill, they should both be terminated, not because of what they said, rather because of what they are.

Churchill is a fraud who attained his tenure at the University of Colorado claiming to be a Native American Indian which he is not. His ideology is so bent to the left that it is impossible for a student in his class to examine any opposing viewpoint without being considered in dissent. Summers, on the other hand, has taken a once balanced and prestigious university and allowed it to become a caldron of liberal bias, where ideological balance no longer exists. Both of these "educators" have failed in their jobs and should be terminated for poor job performance, not because of their controversial statements. But then, they don't fire teachers for not teaching these days, now do they.

So, I will sit back and enjoy the spectacle of the liberal snobbery contorting out of pure hypocrisy, one of their own hanging in the balance. While it should be a sobering thing to watch those who bastardize our Constitution for their own gain twisting in the wind, I can't help but find it humorous. Someone's chickens have come home to roost and I find that ironically amusing. Is that a bad thing?

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Frank Salvato is a political media consultant and managing editor for TheRant.us. His pieces are regularly featured in Townhall.com. He has appeared on The O'Reilly Factor and numerous radio shows. His pieces have been recognized by the Japan Center for Conflict Prevention and are periodically featured in The Washington Times as well as other national and international publications. He can be contacted at oped@therant.us

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