If I told you, I'd give myself away, but it's in humanities.
I went to an engineering school and found that, for the most part, my engineering profs were pretty apolitical. It was refreshing, as very nearly all of the other profs (English, Psyche, etc) ranged from Liberal to Radically Liberal and many weren't afraid to use their position as a bully pulpit from which to preach.>/i>
Yes, things are better in engineering, marginally better in the hard sciences and medical schools, though a lot of scientists are so poorly educated in philosophy of science that they claim scientific proof for philosophical positions without realizing it. A lot of doctors (and other scientists) tend to turn science into their god but think they are as pure from religious bias as the wind-driven snow. Politicization even of the hard sciences has increased dramatically since I've been in academia. Political science departments tend to be the most balanced among social sciences; humanities are a wasteland. Law and business have a better mix.
I hope that it's just because you desire privacy. Otherwise, I'd say that it's a shame that people can't speak their mind in an open forum for fear of retribution.
I suppose that I wouldn't bite the hand that feeds me - for instance, slam my employer and co-workers by name on an FR thread. But, none the less, saying "Gee, there sure are a lot of liberals where I work" isn't all that bad, IMHO. Libs don't see it that way though, I think. Just posting to FR is a treasonous act in their eyes.
My M-i-L still calls me the "Yankee Republican" even after 10+ years of marriage. She thinks it's funny, but it's not. Point is, it's hard to live down a label once it's slapped on.
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