Concerned by groupthink in Sociology

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$51,000 per year is NOT a high salary in the US, by any means.....

Professors should not inject their own personal political beliefs into his instruction. That's considered a cardinal rule.

I've never taken sociology. I like the discipline---but many of the viewpoints, to me, are too dogmatically biased towards the "victims of oppression." Especially in "criminology," the perpetrator of the crime is given carte blanche, basically, and the victims are, at least, somewhat, blamed for the criminals' actions. Criminologists also frequently do not advocate incarceration for crimes committed; they sometimes even don't advocate any punishment at all. They advocate, in fullest terms, "rehabilitation."

I am for "rehabilitation," but I also believe the criminal should be held accountable for his/her actions, no matter how poverty stricken his/her upbringing was.

I once knew somebody who took sociology. I helped her with one of her papers. She told me that I must NOT put down an opinion contrary to the professor's opinions--otherwise, the professor will fail her. That's fascism, plain and simple.

51,000 is above the median income in the USA.

Tell that to somebody in New York City struggling to pay the rent and car insurance! They certainly don't consider themselves "above the median."

It might be quite a decent salary in some relatively rural parts of the US----but it certainly is only a moderate salary in places like New York City. Nobody can live on $51,000 per year in most of Manhattan, for example.

I guess I should have specified that it's only a moderate salary, at most, within many urban areas of the US.

I don't agree with saying that left professors are more prone to partiality than right wing professors. There is no neutrality. Probably you can't see the partiality within right wing people because you agree with them or are used to it as normality, as it tends to be the mainstream version.

I think it's quite positive that professors spokes their personal opinions clearly, so you can understand that it's biased (and it always be) and can search for more diverse opinions on your own because nobody will be able to provide you that.

How can you say people are adopting a view to fit in instead they just agree with that?

^ Yes, I was going to say, $51,000 would be a *very* good salary in many parts of the entire country. Not in Queens or San Francisco, perhaps, but certainly for many millions of other people.

It's because of the cost of living in these places.

It's not "arrogance" on their part.

Two bedroom apartments in decent parts (and some not-so-decent parts) of Queens average between $1,500 and $2,000 a month in rent. In Manhattan, $3,000 and $4,000 per month rents are not uncommon.

You have to go about 50 miles each way (or more) from New York City to find rents under $1,000 for a two bedroom apartment.

A two bedroom apartment where I am in an old building is about $2500-$3,000 per month, and a one bedroom in a new building is about the same price.

I'm split on this.

Part of me goes this way - he's endorsing Young Turks, that's all I need to know.

Part of me goes the other way - Hey, we're in the post-truth world now! He should go full-gusto and teach Dianetics! Sign students up for Sea Org!

Then again that second half of me is the same crude half that's inclined to make dead baby jokes now and then.