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Comment by mklingen | Hacker News Reader

Just come out and say what you mean instead of slimy implications. It's obvious you believe in the false narrative that conservatives are somehow being "persecuted" in academia. This is a disengenous lie spread by right wing propaganda networks like fox news from a few cherry-picked examples. And even if it were true, people disagreeing with your position and calling you out on it is not "persecution."

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It's not a lie. Liberals own academia. 39% of colleges have no Republican professors. In many majors, the ratio is between 15 and 20 to one Democrats per Republican.

There is no world where ratios like that exist and discrimination doesn't occur.

It absolutely is true, according to a grad student I know. Who was persecuted for being Christian and, generally, non-liberal.

Power corrupts. No one is immune, no matter how high the ideals the wielders of power would hew to. Since professors are those anointed to speak their mind about difficult issues, it's especially telling when they start to be persecuted. It doesn't matter from what political direction it comes from.

Andy Ngo, an independent journalist, almost losing his life is hardly a cherry-picked example.

WTF does Andy Ngo have to do with "persecution" in academia? Is Any Ngo an academic?

Just a quick fact-check, it would be more accurate to label Andy Ngo as a fascist propagandist and agitator than "independent journalist" and a having a milk shake thrown at you is not "almost losing your life".

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