Hmm. I didn't think I was implying that every who studies English is a no-good lousy liberal commie sympathizer; I just meant that all the ones at my undergraduate school seemed to be so, so I wouldn't have wanted to spend time around them to get a degree in that field...
Even the best writer needs an editor. ;-)
I'd say let's call a truce and stop beating a dead horse, but Hair would whack us with a stick...