I only teach liberal algebra at college. Take a look at my last exam:

If two trains leave the station at the same time, but traveling different directions, how many abortions must one have to pass this class?

Hobodeluxe: of course some of the Protestants think Catholics aren't real Christians either. But you won't see them say it on the campaign trail.

Never mind, now that I see the quote, I see it's something I came across yesterday.

AngryTeacher: I only teach liberal algebra at college. Take a look at my last exam:

If two trains leave the station at the same time, but traveling different directions, how many abortions must one have to pass this class?

Goddamn liberal Math teachers. I bet you're in league with the motherfarking Chemistry liberals too.

/Joking.
//This is what retards like Santorum actually believe.

wademh: wademh:

When you think about it some, the conservative fear is that damned liberals have taken over universities and are indoctrinating the young. While your first reaction is likely that any liberal bias is actually the result of open thinking, and the exploration of of new ideas, which are themselves liberal qualities, consider the young conservative. They very often are victims of some brand of hero worship and indoctrination.

Further, if you look at liberals that likewise fall in for hero worship or zealously follow fads, these are the same type of folks the conservatives could be getting if they had stronger representation on campuses. In essence, the conservatives are right that they would benefit from having more access to people with that sort of character defect that bends them to authority-following behavior.

The thing you really want in a university is to get people to think for themselves, or at lest the ones smart enough to deserve to be in a university. What could be more effective at getting students to reject the polemics of their professors than to have a segment of professors required to have certain political opinions?

The dearth of conservative professors in the social sciences and humanities has nothing to do with "hero worship" any more than does the dearth of liberal professors in business schools.

Conservatives don't get more representation on campuses because they tend to be more anti-intellectual than liberals. Take that as you may, it is the fact of the matter.

wademh: The thing you really want in a university is to get people to think for themselves,

That may be what you want, but it is neither what a university is designed to do, nor what it actually does.

wademh: What could be more effective at getting students to reject the polemics of their professors than to have a segment of professors required to have certain political opinions?

Why have specialists and experts at all at this rate? That's beside the point that you then merely ensure that your prospective faculty would lie in the interview to get the job. Would there be periodic checks for ideological purity? On what basis? Who would conduct such checks?

Academia has always been more oriented toward liberal philosophy, and no ham-fisted big government approach is going to change that. All it would guarantee is the death of the university system.

When you think about it some

You need to think about it some more because what you are proposing makes no sense.

TDBoedy: /can't believe the utter shiat pile of candidates that I have to choose from this time.

This time? Last time it was Romney, Santorum with a guitar and a less pissy disposition, and John McCain.

I Browse: As a point of reference...

What a conservative professor might look like:

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IronTom: I bet you really believe that too.

One only needs to go to the official conservative media website FoxNews.com to see it every single day. The radical anti-Americanism from the conservatives is sickening and disgusting.

Yeah Ricky good idea. That'll shrink the government down to where it can't be drowned in the Atlantic ocean

GAT_00: That sounds like a gigantic government interference into personal lives. How very Republican.

Of course it is. That's why they're called "social conservatives." Where here have you been for the past twenty years?

"We're the new liberals of the Republican party. Can you imagine that?" -- Barry Goldwater to Bob Dole, 1994

"When you say "radical right" today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye." -- Barry Goldwater, 1994

"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them." -- Barry Goldwater, 2006

gimmegimme: Hey, college conservatives and those who work with them. This is what you think you are:

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This is how stupid you look:
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And how stupid you sound:
Link (new window)

T-Pain just watched that video and said "dial back the autotune, lady".

/And Molotov Mitchell really has no idea of meter

sendtodave: GAT_00: That sounds like a gigantic government interference into personal lives. How very Republican.

Of course it is. That's why they're called "social conservatives." Where here have you been for the past twenty years?

"We're the new liberals of the Republican party. Can you imagine that?" -- Barry Goldwater to Bob Dole, 1994

"When you say "radical right" today, I think of these moneymaking ventures by fellows like Pat Robertson and others who are trying to take the Republican Party away from the Republican Party, and make a religious organization out of it. If that ever happens, kiss politics goodbye." -- Barry Goldwater, 1994

"Mark my word, if and when these preachers get control of the [Republican] party, and they're sure trying to do so, it's going to be a terrible damn problem. Frankly, these people frighten me. Politics and governing demand compromise. But these Christians believe they are acting in the name of God, so they can't and won't compromise. I know, I've tried to deal with them." -- Barry Goldwater, 2006

The reason most professors aren't conservative is because most people with quaternary degrees aren't conservative (excluding MBAs).


This is essentially affirmative action for dumb people.

The Republican version of how to make government smaller.

1. Cut education. Result the uneducated can't be employed and starve and die.
2. Ramp up defense spending and start lots of costly wars. More people die.
3. Cut out all medicare and medicaid. Result more death and despair.
4. Gut Social Security. After all grandma and grandpa are close to death anyway after we took the medicare away.
5. Tax the poor to pay for the wars until they can't even afford food and decent shelter. DEATH DEATH DEATH.
6. Allow speculators to pump the price of Gasoline and heating fuel to outrageous prices. More people die.
7. Close the FDA and EPA after all the free market can decide who's products kill the least amount of people.

Now that all those people have died we can make government smaller because there are
less people to serve. TADA small government.

gimmegimme: And how stupid you sound:

Whiskey. Tango. Foxtrot.

AngryTeacher: I only teach liberal algebra at college. Take a look at my last exam:

If two trains leave the station at the same time, but traveling different directions, how many abortions must one have to pass this class?

Oh please, you know liberal algebra has no tests, as liberals don't believe in testing. We just give grades based on skin color, sexual orientation, and political leanings. All conservatives get Fs and all black gay native american liberals get A++++++'s.

AngryTeacher: I only teach liberal algebra at college. Take a look at my last exam:

If two trains leave the station at the same time, but traveling different directions, how many abortions must one have to pass this class?

A: x ≠ 0

Q: How many free riders are on the trains?
A: ∞.

gimmegimme: IronTom: Craptastic: IronTom: LectertheChef: IronTom: There should be a certain large percentage of teachers at each school that actually loves America.

10/10, That's some spiffy trolling you did there.

more like dipping your hand in the water and having piranhas bite it.

If you knew that there were piranha in the water, you'd only dip your hand in expecting to get bites.

Therefore, troll.
Therefore, plonk.

I don't mind having discussions with rightwingers, in fact I sometimes enjoy it. But you just outed yourself as a troll, so you get no attention from me. I'd encourage others to follow suit. The guy just admitted to trolling.

Yeah, whatever, you are calling me names. I'm just talking. You go right ahead. Putting a hand in the water is contributing to the discussion, not looking for bites at all.

Hey, I totally understand where you're coming from. You're just asking questions, man.

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been a while since I have seen that episode, but the first letters of the right column of words spells "smurfs", was that part of the bit?

Savor the sight of of people loving, these sights will be against the law since "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex" thinks it's offensive.

Dialectic: [i.imgur.com image 640x353]

Savor the sight of of people loving, these sights will be against the law since "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex" thinks it's offensive.

Don't worry, cute lesbians will still be able to make porn.

Ugly lesbians... well, who cares about ugly lesbians?

Dialectic: [i.imgur.com image 640x353]

Savor the sight of of people loving, these sights will be against the law since "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex" thinks it's offensive.



There's always something wonderful about seeing lesbians with AIDS ribbons, as they're the only segment of the population virtually unaffected by AIDS.

It's the definition of altruism.

Santorum is a fiscal socialist and Newt quitting now will be a disaster. Santorum is part of the Rove Establishment and entered the race in order to be Mitt's VP. He would have quit after SC or FL but for the unexpected victory of Newt in SC. Now it looks like he has to pretend that he is against Mitt and will be the VP nominee only as a result of a brokered convention.

this is what freepers actually believe

This doesn't seem very small-government of him.

Maybe he should just start urging conservatives to attach magnetic bombs to liberal professor's cars.

It would be much more fiscally-responsible.

culebra: wademh: wademh:

When you think about it some, the conservative fear is that damned liberals have taken over universities and are indoctrinating the young. While your first reaction is likely that any liberal bias is actually the result of open thinking, and the exploration of of new ideas, which are themselves liberal qualities, consider the young conservative. They very often are victims of some brand of hero worship and indoctrination.

Further, if you look at liberals that likewise fall in for hero worship or zealously follow fads, these are the same type of folks the conservatives could be getting if they had stronger representation on campuses. In essence, the conservatives are right that they would benefit from having more access to people with that sort of character defect that bends them to authority-following behavior.

The thing you really want in a university is to get people to think for themselves, or at lest the ones smart enough to deserve to be in a university. What could be more effective at getting students to reject the polemics of their professors than to have a segment of professors required to have certain political opinions?

culebra:
The dearth of conservative professors in the social sciences and humanities has nothing to do with "hero worship" any more than does the dearth of liberal professors in business schools.

You don't read so good. I did not attribute the dearth of conservative professors to hero worship.


culebra:
Conservatives don't get more representation on campuses because they tend to be more anti-intellectual than liberals. Take that as you may, it is the fact of the matter.

Anti-intellectuals tend toward conservatism but this does not mean conservatism is inherently anti-intellectual.
And some of your really flighty bubbleheads are very liberal and non-antiintellectual. Look at homeopaths, militant vegans, crystal power affectionados. More types of people reject science than creationists.

No, The bias towards liberal versus conservative in univerisities is not at all due to anti-intellectualism. Social mobility is far more the key.


wademh: The thing you really want in a university is to get people to think for themselves,

culebra:
That may be what you want, but it is neither what a university is designed to do, nor what it actually does.

Really depends on the university I guess. And I think the trend has shifted away from independence of thought (which is really conservative values breaking into universities) but three decades ago it was true enough. If you really want to find a defining difference between liberal and conservative thought, liberal thought promotes independent thinking, conservationism does not.

sparkeyjames: The Republican version of how to make government smaller.

1. Cut education. Result the uneducated can't be employed and starve and die.
2. Ramp up defense spending and start lots of costly wars. More people die.
3. Cut out all medicare and medicaid. Result more death and despair.
4. Gut Social Security. After all grandma and grandpa are close to death anyway after we took the medicare away.
5. Tax the poor to pay for the wars until they can't even afford food and decent shelter. DEATH DEATH DEATH.
6. Allow speculators to pump the price of Gasoline and heating fuel to outrageous prices. More people die.
7. Close the FDA and EPA after all the free market can decide who's products kill the least amount of people.

Now that all those people have died we can make government smaller because there are
less people to serve. TADA small government.

all while claiming to be pro-life. they aren't pro-life at all. they're pro-fetus. and only because it's contrary to "liberal" ideology

sendtodave: Dialectic: [i.imgur.com image 640x353]

Savor the sight of of people loving, these sights will be against the law since "the frothy mixture of lube and fecal matter that is sometimes the byproduct of anal sex" thinks it's offensive.

Don't worry, cute lesbians will still be able to make porn.

Ugly lesbians... well, who cares about ugly lesbians?

Santorum thinks non-reproductive, extra-marital sex should be outlawed. Do you really think he'd let porn (legally) exist?

Bungles: There's always something wonderful about seeing lesbians with AIDS ribbons, as they're the only segment of the population virtually unaffected by AIDS.

Not only HIV - but pretty much any sexual transmitted disease. Of course - it takes until at least the 9th date for two lesbians to negotiate having sex. Whereas us gay men negotiate the first date after we fark each other.

/saves time

Yep, there are lots of liberals in academia. There are lots of conservatives, too. There are even more who aren't aligned in either direction, prefering to think and decide for themselves. Not sure about all colleges, but those that I know of through experience all have as their goal to teach students to think for themselves.

"Mr. Santorum! The Obama Administration sent more paint!"

LordJiro:
Santorum thinks non-reproductive, extra-marital sex should be outlawed. Do you really think he'd let porn (legally) exist?

Of course not. Why should he? Being black market is part of what makes porn fun!

'Cause it's a sin.

Too really mess with Santorum someone should point out that generally muslims are more conservative that other immigrants so we should make it a priority to help as many arabs immigrate as possible so as to offset the number of latino votes democrats are getting. And then have a camera ready to capture the facial expression.

Have I mentioned that rightists are inherently authoritarian lately?

Because rightists are inherently authoritarian.

Ed Finnerty: "Mr. Santorum! The Obama Administration sent more paint!"

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This is too much Santorum.

I have this really neat narrative in my head where Ibram Gaunt somehow ends up in our world with functioning Imperial might in orbit. Would we be found wanting?

Is this the new Rick tRoll...

/Need someone poetic to rewrite the lyrics to fit

ActionJoe: How can even the craziest republicans support this?

This would increase government control over the people.
It would take away from states's rights to oversee how their public schools are run.

It's like the crazies completely forget about what they stand for when it comes to an issue that they want to happen no matter what.

And it really went off the deep end back in Nov 2008. I wonder what event could be correlated with the right wing loosing their collective mind?

wademh: You don't read so good.

That you write even worse doesn't help things much. This thread is about the ostensible lack of conservative professors and has nothing to do with any notion of hero worship. It simply doesn't belong in the conversation.

wademh: Anti-intellectuals tend toward conservatism but this does not mean conservatism is inherently anti-intellectual.

You say chicken, I say egg. We could argue this back and forth all day, but the truth of American conservatism and the anti-intellectualism it fosters remains.

wademh: And some of your really flighty bubbleheads are very liberal and non-antiintellectual. Look at homeopaths, militant vegans, crystal power affectionados.

And most of these people defy political classification. They're crazy, not liberal. It can be proven statistically that liberals seek out and complete courses of higher education more often. This isn't the case with a statement like the one above. That's your own unverifiable opinion.

wademh: Really depends on the university I guess.

How many university mission statements read: "...to create people capable of thinking for themselves."? Let's not conflate this with the development of critical thinking skills, which is actually a byproduct of a process of specialization, and which most post-secondary courses strive to promote.

Anyhow. Judging by your vague understanding of secondary education, horrific spelling, and disjointed reasoning, I'd guess you're a bored undergrad with some ax or another to grind. Get back to work. I have articles to compose.

gimmegimme: Ed Finnerty: "Mr. Santorum! The Obama Administration sent more paint!"

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Seriously. What the hell does Santorum think he can tell the real media if he wins the nomination? "I was only kidding? Baby, baby, I was...only kidding?"

"I'm an entertainer!"

Gergesa: Too really mess with Santorum someone should point out that generally muslims are more conservative that other immigrants so we should make it a priority to help as many arabs immigrate as possible so as to offset the number of latino votes democrats are getting. And then have a camera ready to capture the facial expression.

The funny thing is the Latino community is largely conservative (by rational standards). They are hard working, family oriented, almost all of them are religious, and they typically live within their financial means no matter how meager. If the GOP wasn't such a bunch of bigoted jackasses the Latino voter block would be theirs.