I disagree, as a Conservative I pride my self on critical thought. Critical thought is why i am a conservative. People SHOULD question what they read. Be it God and Man at Yale or the Communist Manifesto. I like professors that question my views and make me think. I have had several Left wing professors and their classes were some of the most enlightening. If for no other reason because they made me come up with reasons for my views. The problem with this teacher is that he did NOT encourage critical thought instead he lectured. I did find one part interesting though, he admitted that the student had a good point about Israel. That is good.
I would also like to point out that teachers make say some nutty things to get their students to think. My 8th grade history teacher was nuts, or so i thought at the time. It turns out that he did not believe most of what he said but instead wanted the class to think and then argue with him. He did not hold grudges either. I questioned almost every thing he said, and hardly did any work. I got an A+ in his class even though i deserved a B. He said he gave me an A because i was valuable to the class and because the fact that i argued showed him i understood the material far better than what a test could. This is what a teacher should be. I think this teacher may have tried to do the same thing but went overboard. This does not mean i agree with him comparing The Commander in Chief to hitler.
I am rambling so i will shut up now LOL.
Semper FI
My thoughts exactly. Teachers like this create the deepest conservatives and the shallowest liberals subject to enlightenment later on.
Proponents of this theory believe that logic and structure attributed to the law grow out of the power relationships of the society. The law exists to support the interests of the party or class that forms it and is merely a collection of beliefs and prejudices that legitimize the injustices of society. The wealthy and the powerful use the law as an instrument for oppression...
Well, you get the picture. HERE is the source if you want to see just how far this body of thought has wormed its way into academia.
The upshot of this "Critical" approach to thought is that everything is political, no one is objective, and that all of Western intellectual life is anchored around the vested interests of privileged classes. Don't try to talk its proponents out of it - even objecting to it is a sign that you are protecting your own class interests. You can't win at this game because they've set the rules that way.