I HAVEN’T REALLY FOLLOWED THIS CASE, but if Oberlin is really firing a professor for outside-of-campus speech then that seems wrong — maybe not a First Amendment violation, since Oberlin isn’t a state institution, but rather a violation of free speech in general, and academic freedom. Likewise, saying that she “attacked” (which seems to mean “criticized”) her colleagues on social media hardly seems ground for firing. Oberlin’s initial response — repudiating her views but not her right to hold them — seems better. Her views are both silly and abhorrent, but if that is grounds for firing a professor, well. . . .

UPDATE: Prof. Jacobson has more.