The Off Topic Topic

[Oexmelin]

Yes, that NYT article was shit, as articles that quote reactions from one's FB feed tend to be (and his FB feed seemed to be remarkably moronic). 

The 2% number of self-described Republicans was for professors in English department (that is truly not that difficult to believe), not for Social Sciences and Humanities as a whole. Similarly, self-described Marxist can mean commitment to an analytical method rather than political activism. I very much doubt those self-described Marxists are out there printing tracts and meeting in basements calling each other comrades... 

My experience is that conservatives tend to be found where you would expect them: political science, economics, military history, foreign relations, sometimes in philosophy. Less so in English and other languages, Cultural Studies, Area Studies, etc.

I do tend it is indicative of a rupture, and the abandonment of a tradition of the Humanities from self-described conservatives. The study of the Humanities used to be a bastion of conservatism - about the canon, great literature, the classics, the virtues, etc. I do not think it was terribly well-armed against the criticism coming from marginals and under-represented voices - and though one could certainly argue that, since then, the general climate in higher education subtly discourages conservatives to pursue their studies in certain disciplines (through self-replication more than active opposition), we could similarly wonder why no powerful conservatives voices felt they could, or should, say, invest the study of the African-American novel.

[Razgovory]

Ugh I feel sick

Due to the blatant discrimination against conservatives in academia?

I wasn't paying attention to what you all were prattering on about.

[Eddie Teach]

Ugh I feel sick

Due to the blatant discrimination against conservatives in academia?

I wasn't paying attention to what you all were prattering on about.

I don't think I was involved in it. 

[jimmy olsen]

Read an article in the NYT about liberal bias in academia.  It might be stating the obvious, but I was amused by the statement that whereas 2% of faculty in the social sciences are Republicans, 18% are Marxists.

Link?

[Admiral Yi]

Link?

If I had a penny for each time you asked me for a link and I answered I read hard copy, and that you can google this article as easily as I can, I'd have around 4 pennies.

[Tonitrus]

And I'll make him Google it himself.  Using the search term "18% marxists social sciences liberal bias new york times" (just key word from your post), and it comes up as the top link.

[Eddie Teach]

Yes, Tim needs to be punished! because he doesn't spend enough time looking up news stories. 

[Admiral Yi]

Yes, Tim needs to be punished! because he doesn't spend enough time looking up news stories. 

Feel free to run his errands for him.

[Eddie Teach]

Like most of the stuff I read on Languish, I don't care enough to find it myself. 

[Tonitrus]

Yes, Tim needs to be punished! because he doesn't spend enough time looking up news stories. 

It's not so much punishment, as chiding him for not doing a simple google search he is easily capable of doing on his own.

Though I could say the exact same thing for Yi (I've done it for him in past).   

[Josquius]

pleasant surprise on the train today. The train stops at a station and my heart sinks. There's a rabble of primary school kids on the platform. Goodbye tranquility.
They enter and......??????
This isn't right..... I can hear myself think.....
Then the teacher talks to them. In German. I hear some of the kids talking to each other. In German.


I had no idea german speaking kids were so much better behaved than french (or english....) speaking kids.
But it seems so.

[Eddie Teach]

I had no idea german speaking kids were so much better behaved than french (or english....) speaking kids.
But it seems so.

They're good at following orders.

[mongers]

Yes, that NYT article was shit, as articles that quote reactions from one's FB feed tend to be (and his FB feed seemed to be remarkably moronic). 

The 2% number of self-described Republicans was for professors in English department (that is truly not that difficult to believe), not for Social Sciences and Humanities as a whole. Similarly, self-described Marxist can mean commitment to an analytical method rather than political activism. I very much doubt those self-described Marxists are out there printing tracts and meeting in basements calling each other comrades... 

My experience is that conservatives tend to be found where you would expect them: political science, economics, military history, foreign relations, sometimes in philosophy. Less so in English and other languages, Cultural Studies, Area Studies, etc.

I do tend it is indicative of a rupture, and the abandonment of a tradition of the Humanities from self-described conservatives. The study of the Humanities used to be a bastion of conservatism - about the canon, great literature, the classics, the virtues, etc. I do not think it was terribly well-armed against the criticism coming from marginals and under-represented voices - and though one could certainly argue that, since then, the general climate in higher education subtly discourages conservatives to pursue their studies in certain disciplines (through self-replication more than active opposition), we could similarly wonder why no powerful conservatives voices felt they could, or should, say, invest the study of the African-American novel.

Interesting, thanks for that.

[Josquius]

There are some musicians where I really wonder "so just who is their demographic?"
Elton John for instance.
Super big star.
But just who are his fans

[Admiral Yi]

There are some musicians where I really wonder "so just who is their demographic?"
Elton John for instance.
Super big star.
But just who are his fans

I would assume people that grew up with his music.  Me, for example.