<p>^It’s hyperbole because you don’t have to be “ultra-communist” to look at texts in a Marxist theoretical framework. You can recognize Marx and Marxism for what it brings to the table and TEACH Marx and Marxism without being a propagandist Communist 
Even Duke’s Marxist studies department is probably not overrun by self-professed radical communists, though there may be one or two of those I think you’d be even more hard pressed to claim any English department in the entire United States is some kind of haven for ultra radicals. Just because the students/professors find it interesting and relevant doesn’t mean they’re radicals themselves.</p>
<p>Honestly the same could be said then for a history or government department. There’s a NEED to learn about these theoretical constructs in these fields - there’s a need for experts in the fields of leftist studies - not the least of the reason being that a LOT of people in the world have been influenced by the left, and the fact that they’re being taught and examined doesn’t make the professors radicals :p</p>