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Originally Posted by Stealhead
I must admit I am a little baffled by the claim that "academia is dominated by lefties". The leanings of the facility is going to depend largely on the school.Bubblehead comes from FL so I assume that he either went to Florida State or the University Of Florida.I cant say so much about FSU but I myself attended classes at UF to finish my BA and I have several friends that attended UF for their entire post secondary education.Some of my friends are very conservative and they never once complained about the facility being a bunch of "lefties" and in my experiences the left right leaning where 50/50.
If Bubblehead dislikes lefties so much he should have done a little research into the faculty of the school/s that he attended/attends.I mean if you go to UC Berkeley and you hate lefties you are the one that looks foolish. Bubblehead should have looked at this site before enrolling http://www.yaf.org/topconservativecolleges.aspx or perhaps Bubblehead does not understand what liberal arts means. 
I think either Bubblehead is overly caught up in his own leanings that he automatically sees anyone that is not as conservative as he considers correct he just labels them a leftist.Personally I think that it is good for a college or university to have a mixture in its faculty.In my experience most professors where open to discussion not opposed to it.
I dont know about others but I do not choose my friends based on their ideologies as Bubblehead does what matters to me is are they are good person are they a good friend to me not who they vote for or what their political leanings are. |
Haha, I would never attend those colleges, they are mostly christian run indoctrination centers that are just as ignorant as the left wingers. The problem with the left leaning professors is they teach their ideology and not what they are supposed to teach. Example, a pre law professor taught the "living constitution" like it was standard when it is not.This Professor became quite irritated when I challenged him, some agreed with me, others with the professor ,while many just droned on like sheep and did not engage in the discussion.Fair in his grading? Yes, I was awarded an A in his course.Fair in his teaching? NO That is where it gets dangerous, most professors know the majority of undergraduate students have no firm views as of yet and many attempt to indoctrinate them.That is why many undergrads are so insanely liberal, most grow out of it from what I understand, but the seeds are definitely planted in undergrad.
Professors at my Law School are not all left wing hacks but seems most of them I have this term are, so I am a bit more irritated than normal.I have to tell you, it really is irritating when you watch someone abuse their position to spread a harmful ideology instead of teaching.Keeping things fair, right wing professors(not that many really) do the same in many cases but academia is currently dominated by liberals.Bottom line, one may have their ignorant left/socialist/commie views etc and are the scum of the earth, because their beliefs put the collective over individual liberty, but don't abuse the position.