So, the assertion is that academia is not just a hot bed of liberalism, it is overwhelmingly dominated by liberals. And if I read this report right, this overwhelming liberal bias applies not just to the humanities, but to the hard sciences and engineering schools as well.
Jonah Goldberg speculated on why this is so, basically saying that anyone who stays behind in academia in these fields is an absolute moron loser. After another rousing good laugh at J. Goldberg's expense, Brad DeLong lists a number of reasons he's heard that the academics in these fields don't trend overwhelmingly Republican.
With me so far?
So imagine my surprise when the Vodka Pundit says that Brad DeLong is on drugs - almost every academic he met in his field of engineering (doesn't mention what type) was conservative (except for those wacky physicists - they're all on drugs anyways).
What's even more funny is all the comments streaming in on the post. Seriously. It's like being at a Baptist revival. Can I get an amen!
I guess what I find truly humorous about all this is that V. Pundit didn't even actually speak to what DeLong was said - not even close. Brad was taking the assertion that even the engineering and hard sciences were overwhelmingly liberal at face value and then relaying the reasoning he has heard from these liberal folk. See?
V. Pundit is apparently under the impression that liberals do not totally dominate the academics in engineering (maybe the physics department). In fact, what V. Pundit and his echo chamber are saying is that J. Goldberg and D. Ho are full of shit - most everyone's really a conservative.
<snicker>
Still left unanswered by V. Pundit is the assertions made by J. Goldberg regarding the loserness of these conservative academics. I must say that it's pretty darn funny to have J. Goldberg use V. Pundit as proof that he isn't a complete and babbling idiot.
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