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Originally Posted by Twoller
Universities represent what is supposed to be the frontiers of knowledge and human understanding. They do research at universities and sometimes they study people, societies and cultures and the standards of thinking that are required before you can aspire to a PhD are supposed to be very tough. The personal opinions of professors only very rarely carry any weight. Any professor with any integrity would disavow personal belief as the first place they would look for representing their conclusions on their areas of study.
Notice that this is not really a university course, but a university extension course. Still it is a sad display, and any university should be ashamed to have that kind of drivel associated with it.
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Things are as they are 'suppose to be'. That is the problem And have you heard of 'tenure' professors can say or do ANYTHING in their classes as long as it doesn't break the law. We can thank the Berkeley Beats for that. I have spent years on seven campuses and lived in a UCLA dorm with over 600 UCLA students both under grads and post grads withing the last ten years. I saw first hand what the philosophy and culture of the colleges and universities are today. And by the way, those personal opinions of those professors are the same professors who are the committees that approve whether someone receives their PHD. You bet their opinions matter. And you better not disagree with them, especially those with the farthest to the left.