I agree with you. We must push back against Critical Race Theory, etc. It’s dangerous stuff. But an outright ban at the college level seems like a Big Brother move. For who is to decide when a course has too much CRT in it? Some government official, I suppose.
Then it becomes something like what we have now. Some professor somewhere says the wrong word, and then the next thing you know he’s cancelled.
I would prefer fighting bad ideas with good ideas. Perhaps every college student should be required to take a yearly one credit seminar on the importance of free speech and the free exchange of ideas. Then let students decide for themselves.
Just be sure to have the seminar designed by folks who actually believe in free speech!
Tenured professors should NOT be above review for cause by the university board. People frequently take liberties when there is no accountability and what accountability is there really for tenured professors?
I have personally seen problems in tenure. On the one hand, someone who had no business being employed by a university (student harassment, unpreparedness, poor management of coursework) yet granted tenure and in another case a solid, well prepared, professor who was initially denied tenure that students organized and fought for successfully. As time had marched on, I recognize one knew how to play the social game (even openly advocating students follow that route) and the other was about the work of educating students.