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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]In an MBA program, and as you likely know, businesspeople skew conservative. Fine. I’m taking an economics class, and my professor uses every opportunity to denigrate economic controls, government regulations, etc. He’s described Bernie Sanders as sympathetic to assassins and dismissed the Green New Deal as absurd (which it may be), and of AOC he questions the “wisdom and foresight” of a “29-year-old whose previous work experience was bartending.”

I think it’s one thing to foster healthy, fair debate on issues, but he’s so anti-liberal and frankly anti-government it’s becoming difficult to focus on the lessons. Should I talk to him? Talk to administration? Or just leave it alone? [/quote]

I'm sure you've seen your fair share of liberal/leftist professors. What did you do in that case?[/quote]

[b]Believe it or not, the vast majority of liberal-leaning professors don't make blatantly partisan political statements, don't denigrate individual politicians, and don't push radical views about government. It's not germane to the material.
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In my experience, most conservatives get triggered by liberal-leaning professors when the class begins the economic or historical analysis of economic and political decisions made by leaders/parties. But, at that point, you're examining historical records and the record is very poor for conservative leaders. Sad.[/quote]

HAHAHAHAHAHA.  As a libertarian, I wholeheartedly disagree with you.[/quote]

I have never heard a professor bash a sitting politician in the middle of their lecture. And I studied political science at NYU. I have heard professors express their personal views while enjoying an end-of-semester beer. But that is personal time and not the same as forcing students to listen to political rants.

The fact of the matter is that no serious professor does this sort of garbage, liberal or conservative. It's un-professional and distracts from the content of the course. Similarly, I don't rant about partisan politics in my office; it's not professional. [/quote]

LOL, you're totally full of shit. I did undergrad and six years of grad school, and I heard professors, during lecture, bash sitting politicians many, many times. Mostly liberals hating on Republicans, for the obvious reason that most professors are Democrats.[/quote]

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