Tennessee lawmaker: get rid of higher education to save America

Erik Nelson · Oct 26, 2019

39% of colleges have 0 Republican professors

The latest study of American campuses shows that nearly 40 percent of the colleges did not have even one Republican professor on their faculty – confirming that liberal indoctrination in ...

Erik Nelson · Oct 26, 2019

Liberal professors outnumber conservatives nearly 12 to 1, study finds

Published in Econ Journal Watch last month, the study looks at faculty voter registration at 40 leading universities and finds that, out of 7,243 professors, Democrats outnumber Republicans 3,623 to 314, or by a ratio of 11 1/2 to 1.

Noto bene: the other 3300 professors apparently labeled themselves "moderate", in round numbers

3600 "left"
3300 "center"
0300 "right"

extremely skewed distribution? Not "fair & balanced" ?

Go Braves · Oct 26, 2019

Rubiks said:
"balanced" does not mean giving credibility utter nonsense. (e.g. climate change denial)

I've even heard of the opposite. Some people apparently think economics professors are all libertarians for some reason.

Exactly right.

Erik Nelson · Oct 26, 2019

Go Braves said:
Exactly right.

nobody really denies "climate change"

some debate about how much is human caused

but virtually all of the debate is about what to do about it

the largest contributors (like China & India) are absolutely 100% adamant that their emissions, while greater in absolute terms, are lower per capita, so they have no need to adopt new policies

sounds like they have already made up their minds

everyone acknowledges, that the US has just about the cleanest energy (emissions per KWhr) ?

Go Braves · Oct 26, 2019

Erik Nelson said:
nobody really denies "climate change"

some debate about how much is human caused

but virtually all of the debate is about what to do about it

the largest contributors (like China & India) are absolutely 100% adamant that their emissions, while greater in absolute terms, are lower per capita, so they have no need to adopt new policies

sounds like they have already made up their minds

everyone acknowledges, that the US has just about the cleanest energy (emissions per KWhr) ?

Sounds like you've already made up your mind, so think whatever floats your boat. The post I quoted was exactly right.

Erik Nelson · Oct 26, 2019

Go Braves said:
Sounds like you've already made up your mind, so think whatever floats your boat. The post I quoted was exactly right.

so,

me asking a question = "you've already made up your mind"
whereas you making a definitive opinion statement = "open mind"

?

Doesn't the US have the cleanest power (emissions per unit of energy produced to use) ?

Nithavela · Oct 26, 2019

Erik Nelson said:
so,

me asking a question = "you've already made up your mind"

whereas you making a definitive opinion statement = "open mind"

?

Doesn't the US have the cleanest power (emissions per unit of energy produced to use) ?

No, that would be Iceland.

Go Braves · Oct 26, 2019

Erik Nelson said:
so,

me asking a question = "you've already made up your mind"

whereas you making a definitive opinion statement = "open mind"

?

Doesn't the US have the cleanest power (emissions per unit of energy produced to use) ?

You made the statement "sounds like they have already made up their minds." I made the same statement back to you. Hence the reason I'm not following you off the tracks of this thread into half a dozen directions to refute your claims.

Erik Nelson · Oct 26, 2019

Erik Nelson · Oct 26, 2019

Nithavela said:
No, that would be Iceland.

maybe Hawaii could tap Mauna Kea for power?

what about major economies ?

Allandavid · Oct 26, 2019

Erik Nelson said:
Liberal professors outnumber conservatives nearly 12 to 1, study finds

Published in Econ Journal Watch last month, the study looks at faculty voter registration at 40 leading universities and finds that, out of 7,243 professors, Democrats outnumber Republicans 3,623 to 314, or by a ratio of 11 1/2 to 1.

Noto bene: the other 3300 professors apparently labeled themselves "moderate", in round numbers

3600 "left"

3300 "center"

0300 "right"

extremely skewed distribution? Not "fair & balanced" ?

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Ummmm....(treading very carefully here)....if it is the case that very few Republicans rise to the academic heights of professorship, can we draw a very obvious conclusion...?

JackRT · Oct 26, 2019

Rubiks said:
"balanced" does not mean giving credibility utter nonsense. (e.g. climate change denial)

Education is an "inoculation" against ignorance but there is not much we can do about stupidity.

Nithavela · Oct 26, 2019

Erik Nelson said:
maybe Hawaii could tap Mauna Kea for power?

what about major economies ?

I guess if you shift the goalposts enough, the USA is bound to become most energy efficient after a while. But what are you trying to prove?

Erik Nelson · Oct 26, 2019

Allandavid said:
Ummmm....(treading very carefully here)....if it is the case that very few Republicans rise to the academic heights of professorship, can we draw a very obvious conclusion...?

Would you like to reconsider your words, in light of the under-representation of minorities, too?

Erik Nelson · Oct 26, 2019

Nithavela said:
I guess if you shift the goalposts enough, the USA is bound to become most energy efficient after a while. But what are you trying to prove?

Yes, The U.S. Leads All Countries In Reducing Carbon Emissions

since 2005 annual U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have declined by 758 million metric tons. That is by far the largest decline of any country in the world over that timespan and is nearly as large as the 770 million metric ton decline for the entire European Union.

Nithavela · Oct 26, 2019

Erik Nelson said:
Yes, The U.S. Leads All Countries In Reducing Carbon Emissions

since 2005 annual U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have declined by 758 million metric tons. That is by far the largest decline of any country in the world over that timespan and is nearly as large as the 770 million metric ton decline for the entire European Union.

So now we're going by absolute numbers and not per energy unit produced?

Man, those goalposts are zipping along. Maybe you should put a wind turbine on them.

Aryeh Jay · Oct 26, 2019

We need to shutter all the Liberal Commie Socialist indoctrination centers that steal our money and turn our children’s minds into Liberal talking point regurgitating parrots and replace them with Trump Universities, Trump State’s, and Trump A&M’s.

TLK Valentine · Oct 26, 2019

Tanj said:
Tennessee GOP senator says getting rid of higher education would 'save America'

Doctors. Engineers. Architects. Who needs 'em.

and because everything is better with a dash of irony...

"He is a 1983 graduate of Lipscomb University in Nashville, according to his state Senate profile."

Just in case anyone's wondering why there aren't as many conservatives in higher education...

GreatLakes4Ever · Oct 26, 2019

TLK Valentine said:
Just in case anyone's wondering why there aren't as many conservatives in higher education...

Yeah, it seems professors not being Republican may just be a livelihood preservation tactic rather than a true political stance.

rambot · Oct 26, 2019

Erik Nelson said:
Michelle Obama Targets Schools in Red States for 'Nonpartisan' Voter Education - Liberty Headlines

Michelle Obama Targets Schools in Red States for ‘Nonpartisan’ Voter Education

...In order to receive tax-free status, the operation claims to be a nonpartisan entity, but its objectives closely mirror those of activist, left-wing organizations designed to increase Democratic votes specifically...

They do that to provide proper balance to the NUMEROUS voter suppression tactics from Republicans

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