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Originally Posted by Lindy
I agree that not every scholar is a liberal. Additionally, not every liberal has a "liberal agenda." It could also be argued that even if true, it merely reflects society as a whole. On the other hand, such stereotypes do not arise out of a vacuum. If I had to push the L or C button for for each of a hundred professors, and the button got stuck on "L" my score would probably be higher than if the button got stuck on "C."
It would probably also vary by discipline. There would probably be more liberals in a group of a hundred sociology professors than in a group of a hundred finance or physics profs. Nothing scientific here, just my gut feeling based on the academics I've known personally.
Likewise, Not all NBA basketball players are of African descent. But that would be the way to bet. And not all NBA head coaches are white. But that would be the way to bet.
Prediction: Someone will say that "educated conservative minds " is oxymoronic.
Lindy
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Unless the current translation was done in the last 30 or so years, then whether or not scholars today are mostly liberal is irrelevant. In fact, the interesting question is not whether today's scholars are mostly liberal, but why they've become so. You would see that it was the definition of conservative that changed more than what scholars believe. In fact, the key policy tenets of today's conservatives are based on what was trendy among academics 30 years ago.