Naive@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agoIs it just me being unaware or is it generally true that there are no academic people in Right Wing?message-squaremessage-square9linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10file-text
arrow-up11arrow-down1message-squareIs it just me being unaware or is it generally true that there are no academic people in Right Wing?Naive@lemmy.world to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 22 days agomessage-square9linkfedilinkfile-text
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·20 days agoThere are fewer right-wingers in academia, and they tend to work at schools with right-wing orientations. Turns out reality has a liberal bias.
minus-squareNaive@lemmy.worldOPlinkfedilinkarrow-up0·20 days agowhat do you mean when you say “reality has a liberal bias”? I have heard another person saying that too but I did not get that.
minus-squareLovable Sidekick@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1·20 days agoIt means most things hardline conservatives are angry or paranoid about are misperceptions, not realities. For example, most people who are different from you aren’t out to get you.
There are fewer right-wingers in academia, and they tend to work at schools with right-wing orientations. Turns out reality has a liberal bias.
what do you mean when you say “reality has a liberal bias”? I have heard another person saying that too but I did not get that.
It means most things hardline conservatives are angry or paranoid about are misperceptions, not realities. For example, most people who are different from you aren’t out to get you.