<p>Well, problem solved, then. Give him what he wants. He’ll give the grade that you want. You can still privately hang onto your beliefs. Everyone is happy. </p>
<p>I do disagree with Krugman’s claims that we need more stimulus (the Japanese did that back in the 1990s, and all that cheap money still hasn’t pulled them out of the deflationary cycle which they face now).</p>
<p>But, say what you will. Economics claims to be a science, but it often hawks too many contradictory “truths” for it to be truly credible, in my view. It’s an art.</p>
<p>You aren’t telling us anything we don’t already know. Professors are usually liberal and are more likely to give higher grades on papers that have a liberal slant. Yes, some professors have egos. They think they are smarter than everyone else and won’t really listen to the other side.</p>
<p>If you were to study something like math or a science you wouldn’t have this problem.</p>
<p>I’m kinda surprised by how conservative a lot of students on my campus are. At least in my classes, I’ve found a fair amount of people who support the war on drugs and are opposed to any sort of national health service, and completely support the death penalty as is.</p>
<p>^^Me too, DC, and I go to the same school as OP. Granted I don’t deny for a second that this is an extremely liberal school with extremely liberal professors in an extremely liberal city, but I guess maybe I am just taking the right classes?</p>
<p>I once had a classmate stand up and insult the professor before stomping out of the lecture hall. o.O Not sure whether or not that’s more ridiculous than a lawsuit. This same student doesn’t believe in health insurance-- and no, I don’t mean national health insurance, I mean health insurance in general-- and he was SPEECHLESS when presented with a fact sheet showing what kind of incomes most of the country makes. He complained that the course was unfairly slanted against him but he didn’t exactly seem like the most informed person on the planet, if he didn’t know most of the country makes less than 200k a year I can’t imagine his papers on poverty were very well thought out.</p>
<p>I don’t support the war on drugs, I do support an NHS (I’m a fan of the UK’s, but Germany and Switzerland also have good programs. Japan and Taiwan do as well, but Taiwan’s govt has to borrow money to make up budget shortfalls because they spend so little). I don’t have any moral qualms with the death penalty, but as it is right now I don’t support it because it’s a waste of taxpayer money and often times the prisoner is on death row so long that it might as well be a life sentence. The fastest death sentence served recently was probably the DC sniper.</p>
<p>I have/had one… I agree with them on a lot of things. For instance, they think the US should have NHS-style healthcare, and they think we have a major problem with our prisons and with our sex offender laws.</p>
<p>We used a Krugman book as well. I can’t say I’m down with sellouts. I am a Milton Freidman/Adam Smith person. The econ department is taught by a bunch of liberal europeans. We need to get some Austrian economists teaching.</p>
<p>Also, conservatives oppose the War on Drugs and nationalized health care. You are talking about neo conservatives like Bush.</p>
<p>@UMich: Honestly, I really really really doubt this kind of situation would count as a legitimate lawsuit. But I understand how you feel because I took an International Relations course freshmen year where I was in a similar situation. For the record, I lean liberal myself, but the Professor was narcissistic and shot down people who disagreed with him, made mocking comments, etc. </p>
<p>What you can do: File a report against the professor at your university. Probably won’t do much but in my college this is what we can do if we suspect serious grad discrimination for an actual reason.</p>
<p>Also, this is not uncommon in Politics, Economics or International Studies majors. Idk what you’re majoring in but consider a most objective program (Math/Science) or a Liberal Arts field like English, History, etc or another Social Science like Sociology, Psychology, etc…</p>
<p>No, the professors are never 100% objective in any field because it’s impossible to be, but if this is a serious concern for you, then Politics/Economics might not be the best majors to consider.</p>
<p>Or transfer to a college with a different Econ/Politics program that’s more objective.</p>
<p>This is why labeling is stupid (although that doesn’t mean anyone will stop using it any time soon). My love of guns would make most people think I’m conservative, but my stance on the war on drugs would make most people think I’m an Obama-loving hippie (I don’t mind Obama, he’s better than Bush IMO).</p>
<p>Ron Paul, Rand Paul, Milton Freidman, William Buckley, Grover Norquist, Pat Buchanan and Tucker Carlson are publicly against the war on drugs. Ron Paul has supported legalization of drugs. Glenn Beck supported marijuana legalization in 2009. The misconception is people consider the GOP conservative, but conservatives are against gov intervention. True conservatives are more libertarian than republican.</p>
<p>I’m not sure who that’s aimed at, WhinerOfMich, but I myself am using labels the way a layman would. Because guess what, they make the majority of the population.</p>