Is it a "problem" that there are so few political "conservatives" in the American academy?

[Hume]

That someone is a “conservative” is as relevant to a faculty appointment as the fact that they prefer the Rolling Stones to the Beatles, or rock climbing to chess. Political tastes deserve as much consideration as other personal characteristics when it comes to hiring scholars, which is to say, they deserve none. (Indeed, to consider political tastes at all is illegal at public universities, one of the problems with “diversity” statements.)

https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2024/09/is-it-a-problem-that-there-are-so-few-conservatives-in-the-american-academy.html#more

 

[Knuckles Neanderthal]

That someone is a “conservative” is as relevant to a faculty appointment as the fact that they prefer the Rolling Stones to the Beatles, or rock climbing to chess. Political tastes deserve as much consideration as other personal characteristics when it comes to hiring scholars, which is to say, they deserve none. (Indeed, to consider political tastes at all is illegal at public universities, one of the problems with “diversity” statements.)

https://leiterreports.typepad.com/blog/2024/09/is-it-a-problem-that-there-are-so-few-conservatives-in-the-american-academy.html#more

Of course it is a problem. This is why universities are leftist indoctrination sewers.

 

[Hume]

Of course it is a problem. This is why universities are leftist indoctrination sewers.

Have you ever attended a university?

 

[Knuckles Neanderthal]

Have you ever attended a university?

Absolutely. Have you?

 

[Hume]

Absolutely. Have you?

Yes. So you have been indoctrinated by leftists.

 

[Knuckles Neanderthal]

Yes. So you have been indoctrinated by leftists.

No I personally was not. But I am among a minority.

 

[Hume]

No I personally was not. But I am among a minority.

Who are these people, then?

 

[Knuckles Neanderthal]

You think you can win an argument by playing dumb.

 

[Hume]

You think you can win an argument by playing dumb.

You cannot debate for shit.

 

[Knuckles Neanderthal]

You cannot debate for shit.

Look who's talking. This was no debate. Just a stupid assed thread. Your a jackass.

 

[Hume]

Look who's talking. This was no debate. Just a stupid assed thread. Your a jackass.

You said students are "indoctrinated by leftists."
They you said you were not indoctrinated by leftists.

So I asked for evidence since neither you nor I were indoctrinated.

 

[Knuckles Neanderthal]

You said students are "indoctrinated by leftists."
They you said you were not indoctrinated by leftists.

So I asked for evidence since neither you nor I were indoctrinated.

I have no idea about you but I know me.

 

[Kafka]

Look who's talking. This was no debate. Just a stupid assed thread. Your a jackass.

The insult battle with Hume is starting up so this thread is toast now, but just as an aside. You claim you were successful in fighting against the "indoctrination". What area were you in?

I was in the sciences and I really didn't experience any overt political stuff. Even in the humanities classes I took I don't recall any attempts at "indoctrination".

 

[Hume]

I have no idea about you but I know me.

So, you lied about students being indoctrinated. You provided no evidence.

 

[Knuckles Neanderthal]

So, you lied about students being indoctrinated. You provided no evidence.

No I didn't. You pretend that you come from another star system.

 

[Hume]

No I didn't. You pretend that you come from another star system.

You have nothing.

 

[Walt]

One of the great ironies in academia is the best way to be a diversity hire is to be against diversity hires. Universities are so desperate to hire conservatives, it is the one great diversity a job applicant can have.

 

[Hume]

One of the great ironies in academia is the best way to be a diversity hire is to be against diversity hires. Universities are so desperate to hire conservatives, it is the one great diversity a job applicant can have.

Yes, some academics have made that argument.