[USFRIENDINVICTORIA]

"English teacher, huh?"

Precisely. He's gotten a PhD from finding deep, hidden meaning {watch out for dripping sarcasm here} in works of fiction. Somehow, he thinks this qualifies him to judge events in the real world.

[California Patriot]

People like this can't be shrugged off. Shrugging off things like this is how we lose.

[Borges]

Don't demean the entire, quite noble, field because of this one idiot.

[gingerky]

I doubt if he holds the PhD.

[Malacoda]

(If he's teaching at a CC, he may not have a PhD -- or even a Master's. Basically, you have to be semi-literate.)