FAST FIVE: USC Under Fire Over Student's Anti-Zionist Threats On Social Media That said, there is a striking contrast in how universities (including public universities) respond to controversial postings. Nevertheless, in the past, I have defended extremist views on academic freedom grounds like those of University of Rhode Island professor Erik Loomis, who rationalized the murder of a conservative protester and said that he saw “nothing wrong” with such acts of violence. We have also seen universities remain silent as student government bodies and boards engage in blatant content-based discrimination in exercising their control over budgets or publications (here and...