tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post116495856923125314..comments2024-01-28T00:20:40.933-08:00Comments on Agoraphilia: Ideological Disparities: Just a Smidgen OverwhelmingUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1165020665311940462006-12-01T16:51:00.000-08:002006-12-01T16:51:00.000-08:00First of all, I think Glen is exactly right about ...First of all, I think Glen is exactly right about the apparent leftist hypocrisy.<BR/><BR/>But, anecdotally, I can say that the libertarian tendencies that I had when I entered college were only strengthened when they were challenged and dismissed by leftist professors. The controversy made me consider the arguments seriously and come to my own conclusions. So, I'm not too worried about the cultural effect that leftist professors have (unless I'm very unusual in this respect).<BR/><BR/>The main problem that I see with this is the impact on non-leftist professors who will either face fewer opportunities for rewarding work, or they'll be forced to conceal their true philosophy until they get tenure (which is getting harder to do, with the google-trail many of us leave on the internet).Gilhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16905127825110313631noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1165015855480202822006-12-01T15:30:00.000-08:002006-12-01T15:30:00.000-08:00Why would anyone "...mistakenly equate party ident...Why would anyone <I>"...mistakenly equate party identification with political ideology"?</I> :)<BR/><BR/>I'm told that exit polls for media in the US have shown an overwhelming majority voted Democrat, and am wondering if any of the data on academics has included exit polls.<BR/><BR/>My personal opinion is that the further removed from one's immediate reality and work the source of one's paycheck is, the more likely one is to espouse leftist views. Not an optimistic belief, unfortunately, for someone who believes, as I do, in very small government.<BR/><BR/>VeraVera Basshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18315442850853836874noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3829599.post-1164985006090461792006-12-01T06:56:00.000-08:002006-12-01T06:56:00.000-08:00I think we've all seen examples of the stereotyped...I think we've all seen examples of the stereotyped naive college student who takes their professor's far-left rantings as God's own truth. In general, I don't see this as much of a problem because such teachings generally fail spectacularly when they meet the real world, and any that don't probably are worth keeping. Very few 40-year-olds still believe what their liberal college professors told them about communism back in the 80s.<BR/><BR/>My bigger concern is that such professors can, and often do, dwell on dogma to the exclusion of the proper subject of their class. As such, the students simply do not get their money's worth. The market reaction is along the lines of "Don't like it? Well, find another school." Ideally, such professors would soon find themselves out of jobs. But, barring the most extreme examples (Ward Churchill comes to mind), this never happens.<BR/><BR/>I wonder where we would be if the generations of students stuck in such classes had actually learned something useful during that time.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com