Before the start of the fall semester, a significant number of Texas professors surveyed by the American Association of University Professors reported that they had applied for higher education jobs in other states due to a growing culture of fear and stifled free speech across campuses in the Lone Star State.

This week may have validated those concerns.

On Tuesday, Texas A&M University fired a professor whose children’s literature class included curriculum that discussed gender identity. A&M’s student newspaper, The Battalion , reports that two administrators were also removed from their positions due to the incident. Texas House member Brian Harrison posted a video of the class discussion, which has been viewed 4.6 million times, and Gov. Greg Abbott responded to the incident by

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