Republicans Issues With The Educated. (party affiliation, Congress, legal, racism)
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This should not be confused with the thread "Why are republicans anti-intellectual?". That thread is closed.
Democrat Zephyr Teachout is running against republican John Faso in New York's nineteenth congressional district. The Republicans have been running ads against Teachout being sure to point out that Teachout is a professor.
My parents are from Europe. In Europe attaining a university position is considered something to be highly respected. I don't understand this disdain for the educated that republican ad makers point out as if it is something to be suspicious of in the north country.
This should not be confused with the thread "Why are republicans anti-intellectual?". That thread is closed.
Democrat Zephyr Teachout is running against republican John Faso in New York's nineteenth congressional district. The Republicans have been running ads against Teachout being sure to point out that Teachout is a professor.
My parents are from Europe. In Europe attaining a university position is considered something to be highly respected. I don't understand this disdain for the educated that republican ad makers point out as if it is something to be suspicious of in the north country.
It is not distain for the educated. It is a distain for those who dispense that education. Based on the latest research 4 out of 5 university professors are registered Democrats and 62.7% have far left leanings. There are entire colleges in universities that do not have a single registered Republican. At the university where I am an adjunct in my department, with almost 100 facility members, only two of us are Republicans and we are both part time older folks. There is a real lack of diversity on university campuses that every one knows but no one seems to think needs to be addressed, and that is a diversity of political thought. Plus, like most jobs, those who don't do the job think it looks easy and that they hardly work with real cushy hours. So, repeatedly pointing out someone is a professor is done to conjure up an image of a lazy, liberal intellectual who doesn't understand what it is like to try to earn a living.
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It is not distain for the educated. It is a distain for those who dispense that education. Based on the latest research 4 out of 5 university professors are registered Democrats and 62.7% have far left leanings. There are entire colleges in universities that do not have a single registered Republican. At the university where I am an adjunct in my department, with almost 100 facility members, only two of us are Republicans and we are both part time older folks. There is a real lack of diversity on university campuses that every one knows but no one seems to think needs to be addressed, and that is a diversity of political thought. Plus, like most jobs, those who don't do the job think it looks easy and that they hardly work with real cushy hours. So, repeatedly pointing out someone is a professor is done to conjure up an image of a lazy, liberal intellectual who doesn't understand what it is like to try to earn a living.
Do kids not get into college because of their grades, not party affiliations? That should have NO bearing on education period- now we want to further the political agenda into schools? You did not mention independents at all. How do you know how students or faculty vote anyhow?
Do kids not get into college because of their grades, not party affiliations? That should have NO bearing on education period- now we want to further the political agenda into schools? You did not mention independents at all. How do you know how students or faculty vote anyhow?
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Are you joking? Either you never got a college education or your observation skills are so poor you must walk into doors all the time. /boggle
Do kids not get into college because of their grades, not party affiliations? That should have NO bearing on education period- now we want to further the political agenda into schools? You did not mention independents at all. How do you know how students or faculty vote anyhow?
Why are you talking about admissions?
The poster appears to be referring to professors and clearly stated it was based on research as well as personal experience as a professor.
This should not be confused with the thread "Why are republicans anti-intellectual?". That thread is closed.
Democrat Zephyr Teachout is running against republican John Faso in New York's nineteenth congressional district. The Republicans have been running ads against Teachout being sure to point out that Teachout is a professor.
My parents are from Europe. In Europe attaining a university position is considered something to be highly respected. I don't understand this disdain for the educated that republican ad makers point out as if it is something to be suspicious of in the north country.
Yeah in the USSR academia professors were considered among the elite class. Glad to see Europe still hangs on to that notion.
It is not distain for the educated. It is a distain for those who dispense that education. Based on the latest research 4 out of 5 university professors are registered Democrats and 62.7% have far left leanings. There are entire colleges in universities that do not have a single registered Republican. At the university where I am an adjunct in my department, with almost 100 facility members, only two of us are Republicans and we are both part time older folks. There is a real lack of diversity on university campuses that every one knows but no one seems to think needs to be addressed, and that is a diversity of political thought. Plus, like most jobs, those who don't do the job think it looks easy and that they hardly work with real cushy hours. So, repeatedly pointing out someone is a professor is done to conjure up an image of a lazy, liberal intellectual who doesn't understand what it is like to try to earn a living.
And almost all faculty political donations go to Democrats. It's the final stage in the "march through the institutions" that the left-wing began in the 1960's (and planned earlier). They now run all public schools, hospitals, the legal system, and almost all the administrative functions of government.
Republicans don't have problems with educated people in general. Most people who have been through education get over it after a few years of working. (Of course, those who stay in Democrat controlled institutions never do.)
Their problem is with the people who have taken over these institutions and use them for Party purposes.
This should not be confused with the thread "Why are republicans anti-intellectual?". That thread is closed.
Democrat Zephyr Teachout is running against republican John Faso in New York's nineteenth congressional district. The Republicans have been running ads against Teachout being sure to point out that Teachout is a professor.
My parents are from Europe. In Europe attaining a university position is considered something to be highly respected. I don't understand this disdain for the educated that republican ad makers point out as if it is something to be suspicious of in the north country.
A big part of it is the well documented and repeated attempts by (many) educators to indoctrinate their students with their left leaning (sometimes FAR left leanings) while having absolutely no tolerance for opposing opinions.
I've seen it in schools starting as far down as 6th grade.
Schools are NOT supposed to be bastions of brainwashing or the home of the thought police which is what some/many have become.
Higher education is/was supposed to be about EDUCATION via diverse opinions and critical thinking.
I'm not a republican, but I know that it isn't the educated that they have an issue with. The issue is with the education itself, and the fact that a lot of people in academia incorporate leftist ideas as if they are obvious truths.
As a libertarian, I just imagine the roles being flipped... If professors were teaching free market/Austrian economics rather than Keynesian economics, teaching that the civil war was about state's rights rather than racism and slavery, or it was just taken for granted that the state should stay out of people's lives (as opposed to how it is now, assuming the state is a tool to help society).
I guarantee left wingers (and probably right wingers) would be upset about that, and frustrated that these libertarian professors were seen as these objective, wise, and exceptionally intellectual people, and anyone who disagrees must be against education.
It is not distain for the educated. It is a distain for those who dispense that education. Based on the latest research 4 out of 5 university professors are registered Democrats and 62.7% have far left leanings. There are entire colleges in universities that do not have a single registered Republican. At the university where I am an adjunct in my department, with almost 100 facility members, only two of us are Republicans and we are both part time older folks. There is a real lack of diversity on university campuses that every one knows but no one seems to think needs to be addressed, and that is a diversity of political thought. Plus, like most jobs, those who don't do the job think it looks easy and that they hardly work with real cushy hours. So, repeatedly pointing out someone is a professor is done to conjure up an image of a lazy, liberal intellectual who doesn't understand what it is like to try to earn a living.
^^^^ This. Whether a Republican or just someone who walks a center/right road, its not education, itself that ....annoys. It's the pompous, elitist attitude of those who proclaim to be "educators", who place their personal views on a pedestal, and tout them as fact. The open, naked, contempt that they hold working class people, such as trades men, in, is quite more than annoying. It is insulting and unwarranted. The take that folks like me, are nothing but menials, with no redeeming knowledge.
Personally, I know many "menial" people, who can quote Homer, whilst twisting a steam line together. The taking for granted that knowledge can only be attained via some classroom, under the direction of some self appointed "master" is what irks. Practical skill and knowledge, gained via hands on experience, being held in contempt by these aristocratic "educators" has resulted in this schism. Oh, sure, these "educator" types can quote classical literature, delve into the complexities of modern politics, pick apart every single grammatical error in a lengthy essay etc. Yet they cant troubleshoot a simple series electrical circuit, change a flat tire, fix a silly little leak in a sink drain that just requires a little tightening Engineers are a good example. Drawing a plan on paper, they can do. However, applying that plan in the field is a different story. Quite often, even glaringly obvious obstacles and simple issues of physics are overlooked. Overcoming said issues often quite escapes them. Then, some cigar chewing, crusty looking old journeyman finally gets fed up , and looking at the problem quite simplistically, makes it happen.
I recall a program my Dad worked on while in the Navy. They were developing a new homing torpedo, quite advanced for the time, however the thing insisted on chasing its own tail, spinning like a top trying to lock in on its own screw. New specs poured from the engineers, mirror polishing the prop, rebalancing the shaft, specially designed bearings, on and on. Then, one fine day, the master chief, in charge of the machining dept, came to my Dad. "LT", he says, "Would you like to know what the problem here is". "By all means Chief, PLEASE!" As it turns out, the engineering specs , which called for such exacting standards of polish and balance, also called for the props to be PAINTED. Insisted on it, actually, and God forbid the specs not be followed. Of course, this simple problem had to go through CoC, back to the engineers, who were apoplectic, and insisted they could not be wrong in their specs. However, they were over ruled in the end, and a unit was tested, sans the paint. It worked like a charm, doing exactly what it was supposed to.
This is the type of "issue" that "education" and "educators" causes in the minds of working class , non university type people. A complete lack of common sense. Education is a great thing. Nobody can really argue that. But a degree is just that, a degree. Not a license for a pompous attitude.
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