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Originally posted by Cowperson@Feb 9 2005, 10:49 PM
Is Churchill using his position to impair the academic freedom of his students by insulting or otherwise harrassing them simply because they might believe a contrary view on the matter?
What would happen in Mr. Churchill's class if he went off on this harangue about America as the all-encompassing bad guy responsible for every bad deed in the world and some kid stood up and said, "Now, wait a second . . . ." and really got into it with him, as would be easy to do, then found himself failing the course because he didn't tow the line?
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I'm not sure if you've taken any Pol/Sci classes, but I've taken about 30. There was one instance where I recall a professor actually trying to be as objective as possible.
ALL of the rest, without fail, had an axe to grind, be it Left or Right, and made _no_ bones about where they were coming from. If you argued with them (which was encouraged) you got smoked, because they're all (fairly) brilliant.
Having an ideology in Poli/Sci isn't an issue. While Churchill is not a Poli-Sci teacher, he is certainly studied in those circles, much like Noam Chomsky is a linguist, but is heavily used in Political Science circles (as much of both Churchill and Chomsky's works could be considered political).
Just thought I'd throw that in there.