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Posted on July 16, 2009 | tags

 
 

U.S.: The fastest route to aggravating a professor: writing about their politics

  • You think you’re so [expletive] cute with your little column. I read your piece and all you want is attention. You’re just like Bill O’Reilly. You just want to get up on your [expletive] soapbox and have people look at you.
  • A faculty member at the University of Oregon • To Dan Lawton, regarding his column on the lack of Republican professors at the school. He wrote that having two registered Republicans and 98 registered Democrats on staff was a bit too much of a disparity for his liking. Lawton’s column caused quite an uproar, garnering 68 comments (and counting) plus a whack-load of responses from people both praising and criticizing his observation. The comment above fits in the latter category, as you probably guessed.  • source