Actually, since I’m paid by a private foundation, and have publications under my belt, I’m pretty free to say what I want, now. You don’t have to fish for conspiracy clues.
It’s the grunts, like the adjuncts, who have to toe the line of their supervisors, if they want to get ahead. It’s like any job. Adjuncts are just temps, without contracts. (The Black Messiah was an adjunct. A quick test of the ignorance of a worshiper of the O: find out if they think he was a “Professor of Constitutional Law.” That is a misinformed, deluded individual who hasn’t done their homework. The Messiah was just a temp.)
So where does your tenure come in at?