Diversity of Everything but Thought

Please point out the verifiable facts, I did read each and every word and found none other than more opinions stated by the author. For someone that continues to demand facts over opinions I find this to be transparently lacking your rigorous criteria expected of others.

I really enjoy reading anecdotal opinion pieces from posters who decry the dearth of factual evidence from others. Just recently I got a letter from this guy I once knew who saw or heard about (he doeesn't remember which) a republican who had read a book about civil rights , so I can present an informed opinion that there are republicans who can read and are interested in the issue of civil rights. On the other hand, I also knew a guy I believed to be a liberal who once told me he had read Marx (Das Kapital), proving beyond a doubt that liberals are all communists. I decry anyone to show me proof that republicans are not racists and liberals are not communists. My next door neighbor is a school teacher and a member of the teachers union which proves that teachers are really anarchists intent on leading innocent children down the primrose path to insurrection.

I guess it's never pleasant to have one's argument picked apart. I imagine that's how those conservative students feel as well. But exposing the fallacies and poor logic in someone else's argument is not the same thing as taking pot shots at the person.

And if the data is correct--and there is an awful lot of it out there that suggests it most likely is--then the liberal ideology is prevalent on college campuses and conservative students may be disadvantaged or especially challenged as a result of it.

I would just like to sum up my thoughts on this whole thing. I believe you when you say, and others report, that more Democrats are college professors than Republicans are. I even believe that some of those professors teach their ideology in the classroom. But there are so many colleges, so many professors, and so many subjects offered that I just don't see that this is a big enough problem to warrant action (other than individual action) -- especially not the kind that is suggested in the article you posted earlier. The problem with your man's argument and with many of your own arguments is that he states one fact (ratio of Republicans to Democrats working in universities) and then proceeds to extrapolate this to mean that universities are flooded with liberal idealism. Needless to say, it's not exactly evident.

As for anecdotal evidence, every single one of these stories about this teacher saying he doesn't like republicans or that student getting an F on his paper is anecdotal evidence. And the whole case for there being a great infection of liberal idealism on college campuses is built on this evidence.

I think that if a young Democrat or Republican has his/her ideas challenged in college that is generally a good thing as there are very few 18-22 year olds who have well thought out political positions in the first place and they might as well explore why they think what they think. That's if they actually have any political persuasion at all. Tough nuts if it isn't done in a sweet and kind and respectful way. College is not a picnic.

And all due respect, fox, your whole point is one to illustrate victimization.

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And if the data is correct--and there is an awful lot of it out there that suggests it most likely is--then the liberal ideology is prevalent on college campuses and conservative students may be disadvantaged or especially challenged as a result of it.

kind of shows that.

On the other hand, if the environment in an educational institution is hindering a good education, then the problem should be addressed.

All the 'anecdotal evidence', studies, data, and opinion expressed as 'evidence' in this thread so far does seem to support this. I'm still waiting for any credible rebuttal other than from people who don't want to believe the evidence presented.