Yeah, your credentials shouldn't have anything to do with whether you are awarded tenure. Maybe we should award tenure by some criteria other than performance? That does sound very liberal, very affirmative-action.
The awarding of tenure is largely based on academic publication performance. That's for everybody, not just IDers. And after an impressive earlier performance, his original publications dropped through the floor as he was going for tenure.
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That wasn’t hte issue we were discussing- please try to stay on topic