College Students Vote

That is how I got on the Admissions Board for the Law School I teach at.

But what I am saying is I have not seen many teachers attempt to force their political views (ie the "Liberal Brainwashing" argument) on students. And if they were too loud about it they will, at least at the schools I have been in over the years, be cut loose tenure or not. You can still be fired for violating actual rules, it is just harder.

Some of the "Brainwashing" crowd just dont like that students are not taught "Your elders are not to be questioned" in school anymore. They dont like that students do not "obey their elders" and "honor how things were in my day". Now remember. We are not talking about teens or children. We are talking about people 18-21 and older who are "brainwashed" because they DARE to question things and refuse to accept "Well that is how it always was. Stop questioning things." as an answer.

 

I understand what you meant. I used the direct statement to point out the issue. I would say though, that if you live there for more days than you do at you "permanent residence"? The school is your "residence" for the time you are there.

 

This is situational blindness. If you are a liberal and there is liberal bias happening around you, you don't see it because you believe that the situation is just normal behavior. If you are a conservative and there is conservative bias happening, then the same thing. That's why so many liberals watch CNN and they think it's fair reporting but Fox is so prejudice. And conservatives watch Fox and see it as fair new and think CNN is so prejudice. This also applies at colleges and universities, liberals sees it as just normal but conservatives can see the prejudice being applied. You need to distance yourself from either ideologies and look at what is actually happening. If two students of equal intelligence and knowledge gets different grades from one instructor, then either the students weren't equal or the instructor was bias. There are other factors involved but are not relevant to be discussed now.

By the way, I've heard reports where even the people at CNN thought that MSNBC was biased.

 

It's probably because they are coming on the wrong day. In order to see you on your Monday office hours for your Monday class, they need to show up on Sunday and wait till you open your door.

 

Actually, every school I have attended or taught at? They fired any teacher that, outside of a Poli Sci class, even uttered anything political. And the Poli Sci teachers just gave topics for debate, made sure it stayed civil, and chapters to read at home. The Liberal Bias is a fallacy, in my experience, at the college level. Of course we also had, always, a wide array of speakers. And people were free to protest. But not to demand or petition out a speaker. As pointed out, that is more of a West Coast thing, and may not be as prevalent as the 24 hour news cycle makes it seem. If you are not intently watching, and just say watching in passing, covering the same "Petition to ban" for 4 days can process as multiple different things.

 

OK. So are you paying for the room at the University? Are you paying rent? The latter? You are in fact paying part of the landlord's property tax in your rent. Also, depending on the locality? You actually owe income tax for earnings in the state earned as well. Employers, if there is a state income tax, are remitting to the state they are in. Not the state of "permanent residence".

Also, "They lived in the other place for 18 years"? OK. Well I guess until last year I was voting in the wrong place because I lived in Nassau County longer than Sullivan. Residency is usually measured by where you live for the predominance of the year. Not by "Will you be there long term" or "Where did you live for more of your life".

 

But my whole issue can be taken care of with E-Vote type where you can vote in CA but it counts to your "Official District". Or a system where absentees MUST be counted in the total. Not "as the State or District chooses to" because many are "well if it is close we will look".

 

I've read too many articles about liberal bias to discount that it does not exist. It may be that you've been lucky enough to not run across it, but its there. I believe I read an account of a major NY university, can't remember the name off hand, whose sociology department is over 90% liberal and since the department needs to vote in new instructors conservatives are always rejected. And protest against conservative speakers happen on the east coast too. I think Condoleezza Rice was protested by students and faculty at Rutgers from giving a commencement speech, Ben Carson at John Hopkins and there are many others. It seems liberals refuse to be exposed to differing ideas.

 

And every Law School I have ever seen. And most Business Schools as well. I know all of my old Fin professors are. But most would not know that. Because they kept their politics to their personal life.