[+/-] Explaining the dearth of Republicans in academia
In light of recent studies finding that Democrats vastly outnumbered Republicans among professors at leading universities, I just have one response to all the conservatives who are spazzing out while sanctimoniously dissing academia for its liberal bias:
"Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah! We are smarter than you are!"
Isn't this finding a vindication? These studies show that some of the best-educated, most-informed people in the country overwhelmingly reject the reTHUGlican version of reality. Of course, the reTHUGlican noise machine has already succeeded in framing this issue as an indictment of academia, rather than as an indictment of the Republican Party, which is why we are being told that the only reason profs lean so far to the left is that deans, administrators and entire university cultures systematically discriminate against conservatives.
Sound the alarm! Liberal commie biochemistry departments everywhere are suppressing conservative biochemists!
Dumbasses.
I did the grad school thing, and frankly I've never met a Republican that wanted to be a professor. My republican friends (I have many) would rather make money than live a challenging intellectual life.
"Nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah nyah! We are smarter than you are!"
Isn't this finding a vindication? These studies show that some of the best-educated, most-informed people in the country overwhelmingly reject the reTHUGlican version of reality. Of course, the reTHUGlican noise machine has already succeeded in framing this issue as an indictment of academia, rather than as an indictment of the Republican Party, which is why we are being told that the only reason profs lean so far to the left is that deans, administrators and entire university cultures systematically discriminate against conservatives.
Sound the alarm! Liberal commie biochemistry departments everywhere are suppressing conservative biochemists!
Dumbasses.
I did the grad school thing, and frankly I've never met a Republican that wanted to be a professor. My republican friends (I have many) would rather make money than live a challenging intellectual life.
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That's odd. I always thought that academics were liberals because it looked good on paper. That meaning, that the concept of socialism (just to take liberalism to an end) worked on paper, therefore academic egg-heads naturally gravitated towards it…one of those things where, in the “real world” it doesn’t work.
Important to note, as well, that my fiancée (PHD) and I (MBA) both are working on becoming university professors…. Oh, and we’re Republican as well.
So...becoming a professor is the only intellectual career?
And making money and using your brain are mutually exclusive?
Hmmm...
OMM If you gave a more stereotypical wannabie speudintellectual conservative response the universe would implode due the mass of the blackhole made of pure bullshit
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