Socialist Professor Responds

7/8/02 | commieprof

[VRWC_minion]

Ahhhhh...more "registered" voters. ...and to the Republic... Like I said...You've got a strange way of teaching things, but it is your choice.

If you will do the math you will see that our oldest daughter gets 15 votes while my wife and I have 88 votes.

[VRWC_minion]

An afterthought...After a while your kids are apt to "Just say no".

Actually they learn to get all the facts first. They are not so dumb to realize that they are getting a valuable lesson.

In fact my 21 year old who has left the house thanks me for those lessons now that he is in the real world.

[KantianBurke]

Still waiting for the professor to leave a SINGLE reply to all thats been said. Methinks this was just a hit and run post. Think this thread should get pulled at some point as it basically is as pointless as the "commie?"

[TxBec]

Thank you! Sounds like ya did a great job!! Every now and then I catch a glimpse of my kids as adults, even though they are still kids (I'm sure you know the feeling.) I am so proud of the men they are becoming.

Now and then I can be commenting on something and they will give me an answer that warms my heart because I know they are paying attention to all the things I am trying to instill in them.

It's like that commercial....
"Mom, when I was growing up, you were the meanest, most strict mom ever. You gave me NO PRIVACY. I hated you..(etc .)..Thank you."

[Leto]

You stated that the US "controls" 60% of the worlds "wealth". There is a problem with you premise, wealth is created (continiously) it is not controlled. The economy is a process not a thing, it is dynamic (and chaotic) not static. Marxist see a fixed sized ecomnomy which is divided, whoever the size of the economy is not fixed, wealth is not static, it can and is created constantly.

You contend that our way of life isn't the key to an improved standard of living for those in poor countries, you are wrong. Property rights, and Economic Freedom are requirements for Political Freedom. With these freedoms you will have the basis for a better standard of living for the poor.

You suggested some reading materials, thanks. I would like to suggest some reading to help you understand why socialism is bankrupt and capitalism is the way to go, try "Free to Choose" by Milton Freidman and "vision of the Anointed" by Thomas Sowell.

[philman_36]

If you will do the math you will see that our oldest daughter gets 15 votes while my wife and I have 88 votes.
So her "vote" is really worthless isn't it, always being overruled by "the majority".

[philman_36]

Actually they learn to get all the facts first.
Ok. If that is what they tell you they have learned who am I to question it. I'm not there.

Yet, how can I ensure that Pops is going to give me all of the facts when I ask for them?
If there are "conditions" there could be an unstated condition such as the condition that all facts will not be submitted, even when asked for.

[VRWC_minion]

So her "vote" is really worthless isn't it, always being overruled by "the majority".

Yes, but we value her input.

[RikaStrom]

What a coward this CommieProf showed herself to be. She can't even bother to get back in here and defend her screed against the well thought out and intelligent FReepers.

Just like a liberal, hit and run, and tell your buddies that "you got them conservatives good".

[philman_36]

Yes, but we value her input.
I'm sure you do. Yet, does she learn that her "input" is meaningless and changes nothing?
Will she then, from your given example with teachers, suck up to the a$$hole to get what she wants or needs?

[VRWC_minion]

Yet, how can I ensure that Pops is going to give me all of the facts when I ask for them?

Just like the real world.

[1rudeboy]

Man, it must steam you to work for an organization that exists solely to make a profit. And it must simply kill you if you have tenure. (I mean, you can't even get your butt thrown out on the street in protest).

And always in the back of your simple, me-versus-the-world mind is the disturbing feeling that your students don't give a damn what you think (you already know that the outside world looks upon you with amusement), and that instead they simply want a good grade in your class so that they can graduate and buy a nice car. How frustrating that must be.

I doubt that you are very objective at all, and I suspect the above reasons are why you insist so strongly that you are open to all points of view. Color me sceptical.

[VRWC_minion]

I'm sure you do. Yet, does she learn that her "input" is meaningless and changes nothing? Will she then, from your given example with teachers, suck up to the a$$hole to get what she wants or needs?

It depends on her arguments. We have been known to change our minds but even when she knows its hopeless she is encouraged to continue arguing. We critique it as she goes along.

She is encouraged to suck up to her parents at all times but she knows it doesn't change our decisions unless she presents facts or provides add'l info.

[philman_36]

Ok man. Like I said...You've got a strange way of teaching things, but it is your choice.
Carry on, and good luck.

[Crusader Rabbit]

As a socialist (not a Stalinist, and there is a difference),

Correct.

The difference between a Stalinist and a socialist is that a Stalinist knows what he is doing.

[doug from upland]

Aren't we caught up with ourselves? I didn't read what you first wrote and only scanned this nonsense. What you say does not matter. You are not important. Actually, you are a waste of time. Have a nice day.

[Conservative Chicagoan]

I get join out out of the fact that commie scum like you will soon burn in hell!

[commieprof]

actually I do not favor gun control. In a crisis, I don't want the police and the state to be the only ones with guns.

[commieprof]

that's pretty intelligent by way of observation. I can only go so far to mitigate against the power relationships in the classroom it's true. But my classes are not political rallies. I gave an A to the president of the Young Conservatives of Texas. My teaching evaluations reflect the impression that my classes are spaces of relative freedom for the students. Really, what I love about teaching communication is that I have a set of concepts, a tool box, that enables students to debunk arguments and evidence and identify propaganda. They can apply all the concepts to me if they like. I encourage them to do so, actually. Never fear--there are no thought police here.

[commieprof]

I like RAWA, the organization in Afghanistan. If I lived there, I'd be a member. No member of RAWA believes that U.S. bombs are freeing the women there.