^ I agree. But that means our workload is not just like other professionals', which was my point
What is your point? That everyone should hate academics because some take 2 weeks off (not 3.5 weeks, OP doesn't now how to count) over the holidays? Because they have a lot of flexibility in the summers to do original research, catch up on their fields, and prepare class materials?
No one denies that a tenured position in academia is a sweet gig. That's only 25% of all academic positions these days. The pay is much, much, much lower than the pay for comparably advanced and educated professionals. To compensate, we have a ton more autonomy and enjoy academic freedom.
That's ok, it's the choice we made. You seem to have a hard time figuring this out.
^You're stuck on this 'two weeks' nonsense and then in the same breathe talk about how sweet academia is because it's not just two weeks: it's two weeks, three months, and if you're inclined at the office 2/5 days a week of the nine months you're obligated to do anything. Tenure is sweet and yes we take a pay cut for it (unless you consider hours of legitimate work, in which case we're on average at least on par with other professions).
But then why is polisci twitter so full of damn whining? "OMG I hate grading so much/ teaching undergrads that ppl vote their party ID is soooo exhausting/ uhg I need to do nothing but nap this winter to make up for the four months where I actually had to show up sometimes . . . endless whine." Do you these dumb deadwoods not even realize Twitter's public? Did they forget that unlike most other professions ours is dependent mostly on taxes and public perceptions? NSF wants to roll back grants except for the small sliver of research they think is important. Look at the threads here, "explain the decline of polisci", "job placement = nil", etc. You'd think in this situation we'd be using public venues to at least pretend we're contributing something. Nope, let's just whine and complain and generally be morons, especially if we're tenured because it's the next generation that has to suffer the consequences.
So yes, if you're tenured you're free to do the minimum and complain about even that all day long. I choose not to because I'm not a deadwood loser, and I'm free to call out you socially useless terminal branches of evolution whenever I want.
"Nope, let's just whine and complain and generally be morons, especially if we're tenured because it's the next generation that has to suffer the consequences."
That's pretty much your answer there. Twitter shows the world who they are. Many academics are whiners, complainers, and morons, so that's how they come across on Twitter.
Sure, some are better at keeping up a façade, but sooner or later your true self comes out.