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I am not sure I see a "uniform political slant." People in the many fields that comprise liberal arts find many things to disagree with each other about, somet

I am not sure I see a "uniform political slant." People in the many fields that comprise liberal arts find many things to disagree with each other about, sometimes quite vehemently.

ggm 3y ago
I've got to say the thread which leads here confirms my original comment, your remarks aside.
FredPret 3y ago
You're either not serious or you're so deep in the bubble you can't see the edges. Close to 100% of liberal arts teaching staff are Democrats [1] [2] [3]. It didn't use to be this way [4] [5]. [1] https://www.pacificresearch.org/why-are-teachers-mostly-liberal/ https://www.pacificresearch.org/why-are-teachers-mostly-libe... [2] https://www.thecollegefix.com/zero-republican-professors/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/zero-republican-professors/ [3] https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/partisan-registration-and-contributions-of-faculty-in-flagship-colleges https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/partisan-registration-and-... [4] https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-disappearing-conservative-professor https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-disappea... [5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/just-7-percent-of-journalists-are-republicans-thats-far-less-than-even-a-decade-ago/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/ju...
- VampireDentist 3y ago
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    - emodendroket 3y ago
      Republicans have made hostility to universities, or at least the non-engineering parts of them, a plank for as long I can remember. Recently, Ron DeSantis led a high-profile effort to take over the New College as part of his audition for President. Like everyone else, professors are capable of understanding that they have interests aligned with different political positions.
- emodendroket 3y ago
  It would be surprising if educated people supported a party mostly hostile to the existence of their jobs. That still leaves a lot of room for differing political beliefs since there are not only two possible political positions.

I am not sure I see a "uniform political slant." People in the many fields that comprise liberal arts find many things to disagree with each other about, sometimes quite vehemently.

ggm 3y ago

I've got to say the thread which leads here confirms my original comment, your remarks aside.

FredPret 3y ago

You're either not serious or you're so deep in the bubble you can't see the edges. Close to 100% of liberal arts teaching staff are Democrats [1] [2] [3]. It didn't use to be this way [4] [5]. [1] https://www.pacificresearch.org/why-are-teachers-mostly-liberal/ https://www.pacificresearch.org/why-are-teachers-mostly-libe... [2] https://www.thecollegefix.com/zero-republican-professors/ https://www.thecollegefix.com/zero-republican-professors/ [3] https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/partisan-registration-and-contributions-of-faculty-in-flagship-colleges https://www.nas.org/blogs/article/partisan-registration-and-... [4] https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-disappearing-conservative-professor https://nationalaffairs.com/publications/detail/the-disappea... [5] https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/just-7-percent-of-journalists-are-republicans-thats-far-less-than-even-a-decade-ago/ https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/the-fix/wp/2014/05/06/ju...

VampireDentist 3y ago
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- FredPret 3y ago
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  - emodendroket 3y ago
    Republicans have made hostility to universities, or at least the non-engineering parts of them, a plank for as long I can remember. Recently, Ron DeSantis led a high-profile effort to take over the New College as part of his audition for President. Like everyone else, professors are capable of understanding that they have interests aligned with different political positions.
emodendroket 3y ago
It would be surprising if educated people supported a party mostly hostile to the existence of their jobs. That still leaves a lot of room for differing political beliefs since there are not only two possible political positions.