PARDON ME, BUT YOUR DOOR IS TERRIBLY OFFENSIVE: “At a public university, such common displays of individual preference would presumably fall under the protections of the First Amendment. But not when such displays are offensive to others, according to officials at Lake Superior State University, which threatened to reprimand a tenured professor whose door boasted cartoons and other images of a conservative political bent.” F.I.R.E. is involved. “FIRE and Crandall, who could not be reached for comment, point out that other professors at the university are able to post politically charged pictures and phrases on their doors without consequence, presumably because their perspective is liberal or leftist rather than conservative or right-wing.” Again, if right-leaning students choose to take offense in the fashion that has become traditional for leftists, there will probably be many more such door-carton cases.

My door features a large “Is your coworker a Cylon?” poster. So far no one has been offended.

UPDATE: Of course, some McCain supporters might be upset.

ANOTHER UPDATE: More Cylons in surprising places.

MORE: Reader Ted Pannkokke says door-cartoons play an important informational role:

The professor’s-door-as-billboard is one of the most important course-scheduling tools a student has. When I was a history major and law student walking down Office Hall for whatever reason, a door plastered with Tom Tomorrow cartoons was a good marker for what professors – and hence courses – to avoid like the plague.

Well, Dan’s gotten a bit shrill lately, but he’s done some funny work. In fact, as I’ve noted before, that cartoon was the inspiration for the “A.G. Android” character.