And I thought I was windy...

I'm not going to do a point-by-point on your post. It does point out some flaws in SDAI's response that I hadn't really noted, like his use of the term "selfish" in terms of capitalism and socialism.

Capitalism is based on enlightened self-interest. That's the whole point. If this be "selfishness," then let's make the most of it. Read Ayn Rand.

'Nuff said on that.

I think my original post, despite the lousy HTML, says almost all that needs to be said on this subject. The man is a proponent of an insane philosophy that has killed eighty million people this century, not counting acts of war. He should not be teaching kids, any more than a Nazi should. The fact that most of his colleagues think the sun shines out of his ass says a lot about the school and its faculty and administration.

Your attempts to show that religious views and prejudices are somehow "totally different" than irrational political views were laughable. If you can make any case at for a Marxist teaching how to run a country, you CANNOT argue effectively against a creationist teaching biology. In both cases, the kids are going to need serious rework after graduation.

There is also the rank hypocrisy of liberals berating me and others for complaining about a person holding a certain philosophy having a job that teaches kids. Who was howling until their eyes bled about a Christian becoming Attorney General? Who is it that considers simply being conservative enough to make them ineligible for political offices or judgeships? Now, try arguing that these latter positions have influence over people, while a political science teacher does not.

It is a great trick of the left to talk about everyone having a right to an opinion, and that one should not be condemned for what he believes, and that one's beliefs shouldn't matter on a job.* They hold up a professed card-carrying Marxist and claim that it's just a belief, an opinion, and it shouldn't make a difference.

Wrong.

An opinion is when you like one football team and someone else likes another. An opinion is when you paint your house red and your neighbor paints his blue.

Marxism is based on a foundation of raw force to crush humanity into the inhuman mold of the ants. Despite the best efforts of modern leftists to constantly whitewash it, the monstrous regimes under Marxism are not "aberrations" of the philosophy. They are the inescapable end result of that philosophy. Read F. A. Hayek. No Marxist society can survive except by destroying the freedom of others.

When my neighbor calls the police out and forces me under gunpoint to paint my house the same color as his, then we are long past "opinion."

When someone holds the "opinion" that I need to be enslaved, then that's where tolerance ends. This guy should be out of there. Too bad that would still leave the thousands of other Marxists currently teaching at universities.

*Of course we know what they say when your "opinion" doesn't match their worldview. Re: Ashcroft.