Sunday, February 14, 2010

About that "Rate My Professors" Reference in Yesterday's GRE

Comment poster "Jason" took exception to my including it:
The bit about her being a socialist is beneath you. You should be embarrassed. Even bringing it up is ridiculous, but using that website as a credible source is insane.
Well, pally, my point was more about how the media would handle the information, with my belief that any tie-in with the "progressive" agenda would be minimized. I stand by my assertion that had there been any tie-in between Prof. Bishop and any perceived "right wing" movement, that "news" would be trumpeted. But they'll downplay any association with the left.

In any case, it was not beneath, and did not embarrass a "progressive" San Fransisco Chronicle blogger who wrote "Dr. Amy Bishop of Alabama-Huntsville well regarded by students."

And--surprise--go ahead and find that "socialist" reference. He instead posits this brilliant "progressive" excuse:
Dr. Bishop may have experienced a kind of anti-intellectual prejudice from the University of Alabama-Huntsville culture that could have just driven Bishop batty
Right.

Just fyi, his column is --at this writing-- the #1 hit on a Google search for "Amy Bishop."


And here's a screenshot of the "Rate My Professors" entry in question, just in case...

So no, Jason, I won't apologize when we can see the current #1 Internet source for all things Amy is covering it up, and painting her as the victim of not enough "progressive" thought.

2 comments:

Anonymous said...

The Chron thinks killing people is OK if you are a communist, like Bishop, Che, Fidel, Trotsky, Stalin, Mao.........

Sean said...

Oy.