maxmaximus Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 And I still don't understand what makes someone left wing or right wing, what are the key differences between the two. Just done a test and I'm apparently slightly left and libertarian. Still non the wiser though. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mecky Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 The history of Communist states provides ample demonstration that leftwingers are perfectly capable of telling people what to think. Meanwhile the US has some of the strongest freedom of speech laws. You made a mistake in assuming that all communists are leftwingers Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
melthebell Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 lmao at this thread Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
altus Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 You made a mistake in assuming that all communists are leftwingers No mistake required - enough of them are to prove my point. Anyway. All this is getting away from the silly claim that the teaching of politics in this country is part of some left wing conspiracy - backed up the incontrovertible evidence of links between the university and a Tory MP whose apparently not Tory enough for some people. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
eastbank Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Sounds like the OP was taught politics by Alf Garnett. my teacher used to look like alf garnett....she was a right dictator...:hihi: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LeMaquis Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Are you an MP, Saunaman? He's in UKIP and they don't have any MPs. He also should know that Bercow is a Tory given that Farage stood against him in 2010. But then Saunaman was recently arguing on here that HS2 is an EU plot so he has a track record for conspiracy theories and getting his facts wrong. The only Sheffield University lecturer I could come close to naming is Alan Murray who is notorious for being a former Met copper accused of killing Blair Peach. Hardly left-wing. http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/programmes/newsnight/8299015.stm ---------- Post added 29-07-2013 at 11:30 ---------- Teaching socialism is like teaching Latin. Both perhaps worth studying but otherwise of no use in the world of today That's why we have a decent health system and you Yanks don't. ---------- Post added 29-07-2013 at 11:31 ---------- And I still don't understand what makes someone left wing or right wing, what are the key differences between the two. Left-wingers don't make excuses for paedophiles. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 What about Roman Polanski? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phanerothyme Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Can anyone be a politics teacher/ lecturer , or do you have to hold left wing views as a pre-requisite to go into teaching in this area ? It just seems a bit biased to me that those who teach impressionable young 18 year olds should be so biased themselves in favour of Labour . Sheffield University boasts links with John Bercow and David Blunkett - I personally feel that this is totally biased , what about inviting Uncle Nick or the Greens into this cosy relationship? Surely the teaching of politics should at least attempt to be neutral? The point is, anyone who is generally left leaning won't necessarily be hung up on getting the biggest salary possible for their talents, whereas your card carrying conservative capitalist will want to maximise earning as a method of quantifying life success. Becoming a teacher in HE or worse, FE, is not the route to financial bounty and riches for most people. Also, most well educated people lean to the left, as a result of being well educated. Most stupid people lean to the right, as a result of being stupid. There are of course numerous exceptions on both sides. But they are the exceptions. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Happ Hazzard Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Also, most well educated people lean to the left, as a result of being well educated. Most stupid people lean to the right, as a result of being stupid. Well that's utter garbage. The poorer areas of Britain tend to vote left, the richer vote right. Are well educated people more likely to be poor than stupid people? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
maxmaximus Posted July 29, 2013 Share Posted July 29, 2013 Left-wingers don't make excuses for paedophiles. A quick Google appears to disprove that theory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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