I mentioned recently how during the dark ages of television an NBC program called Wisdom broadcast a few interviews with philosopher William Ernest Hocking, who was also an emeritus professor of philosophy. That would suggest a certain measure of public respect, though I think by that time Hocking was passé in philosophy departments.
This fellow seems not have grasped how important freedom of thought and expression are to his profession, which is not supposed to penalize opposing views, but to engage them. He could well be an entertaining teacher, but he is a dreadful professor of philosophy.
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