MSU has removed their Vice President of Research, Stephen Hsu, due to his blog posts and podcasts that some people found unbecoming. (Racist, antisemitic, etc.)
If you believe this is an unwarranted attack on intellectual freedom, you are not alone: the
signatories in his defense include many very accomplished (and also some very liberal) academics and business people. For example, right at the top is the notable computer scientist and blogger Scott Aaronson.