Re: This erection may kill politics for young people

[Orson Wells as CitizenCain]

"James Schrumpf" <jaspammen...@comcast.nospamnet> wrote in message
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> Quiet, rich hammett <bubba...@warmmail.com> -- I'm transmitting rage.
>
>> In rec.sport.football.college James Schrumpf
>> <jaspammen...@comcast.nospamnet> sanoi, hitaasti kuin hämähäkki:
>>> Quiet, Trent Woodruff <afre...@charter.net> -- I'm transmitting rage.
>>
>>>>>On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 12:34:15 -0500, James Schrumpf
>>>>><jaspammen...@comcast.nospamnet> wrote:
>>>>>>Quiet, Trent Woodruff <afre...@charter.net> -- I'm transmitting
>>>>>>rage.
>>>>>>>On Sun, 20 Apr 2008 09:57:01 -0500, James Schrumpf
>>>>>>>>Quiet, Trent Woodruff <afre...@charter.net> -- I'm transmitting
>>>>>>>>rage.
>>>>
>>>>>>>>>How so? Why do you feel a "philosophical" issue to be any
>>>>>>>>>different from a political, biological -- or geologic for that
>>>>>>>>>matter -- when it comes to expressing commonality as expressed by
>>>>>>>>>widespread occurrence?
>>>>
>>>>>>>> Your sample included only well-known far-left universities.
>>>>>>>> That's like my claiming that women's basketball is as engaging as
>>>>>>>> men's basketball by citing UConn and Tennessee.
>>>>
>>>>>>>I see how this goes: any university that I point out with such bias
>>>>>>>will immediately be labeled as a "well-known far-left university,"
>>>>>>>and any university that did not have such a bias would be proof of
>>>>>>>the other side of the argument.
>>>>
>>>>>> You're a moron who is obviously incapable of supporting your own
>>>>>> argument. You only listed a total of FIVE UNIVERSITIES, ALL OF
>>>>>> WHICH ARE quite well-known as bastions of liberality. I mean, come
>>>>>> on...you're not even TRYING here. Do you think there's ANYONE IN
>>>>>> THIS ENTIRE NEWSGROUP who doesn't think that Stanford, Cornell,
>>>>>> Colorado, San Diego and Duke aren't? I'm surprised you didn't
>>>>>> include freaking BERKELEY in your list, because it would have fit
>>>>>> right in with the retardation prevalent.
>>>>>> Damn, you're stupid.
>>>>
>>>>>And you're in denial. Here, is this any better, or do you figure that
>>>>>the invory tower has fallen to the right since 1999?
>>>>>http://www.boston.com/news/globe/editorial_opinion/oped/articles/2005/0
>>>>>4/ 11 /liberal_bias_in_the_ivory_tower/
>>>>>http://tinyurl.com/56x8c
>>>>>Liberal bias in the ivory tower
>>>>>By Cathy Young | April 11, 2005
>>>>
>>>> It's an OPINION PIECE. Good Lord, man. Are you even trying? Because
>>>> you're just making yourself look stupid.
>>>>
>>>> I guess this is your way of giving up because you can't provide any
>>>> examples of universities that aren't already considered far-left that
>>>> will support your point?
>>>>
>>>> I'm done here, James. You've proven to me that you have zero interest
>>>> in convincing me. In fact, you've proven to me that you have zero
>>>> interest in even bothering to try. Hell, I tend to think there are
>>>> more liberal professors than non-liberal ones, but that's just my
>>>> perception. And all you've shown me is your perception, because
>>>> you've certainly not shown me anything concrete.
>>>>
>>>> Go ahead and continue arguing with yourself, because you're the only
>>>> one that's being convinced by it. I'm done.
>>
>>> An "opinion piece" that quoted a study done in 1999, and another done
>>> in 2001, and gave statistics from both:
>>
>>> "The latest report, by political scientist Stanley Rothman of Smith
>>> College, communications professor S. Robert Lichter of George Mason
>>> University, and Canadian polling expert Neil Nevitte, published in the
>>> online journal Forum, paints a stark picture of a politically skewed
>>> academy. Nearly three quarters of the professors in a 1999 survey of
>>> college faculty identified themselves as left/liberal, only 15 percent
>>> as right/conservative; 50 percent were Democrats and 11 percent
>>> Republicans."
>>
>>> I'd agree you're done here, because you obviously refuse to even read
>>> the articles that I post in support of my opinion.
>>
>> I hate to get in between you and Slick in a circle-jerk, but here's
>> the statement you're providing "evidence" for:
>>
>>>>>>Outside the sciences, the "liberal arts" departments of
>>>>>>today's universities are dominated by far-left thought.
>>
>> You have not done so. You have not shown that the political
>> leanings vary across departments, and you have not shown
>> that this is true even at most universities, much less all.
>> You have not demonstrated that this putative "dominance"
>> affects the academic results produced, nor especially that
>> results are biased wrt the actual universe.
>>
>> rich
>
> I've pointed out several articles that document the left-leaning bias in
> universities. If you choose to deny the evidence, that's your privilege,
> but don't claim I haven't provided any.
>
> In my initial statement I pointed out that I was leaving out the sciences
> because idiology has no bearing on whether F=ma or 2+2=4. I also never
> made any comment at all on what results the dominance produced.
>
> If you think my evidence is biased, then google "liberal bias in
> universities" and see what you get. If you're trying to convince
> anyone --
> maybe yourself? -- that universities are dominated by conservative bias,
> you've got a lot going against you.
>

SHUT UP. JUST SHUT UP. SHUT UP NOW. GODDAMMIT.

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