<p>“Now have the 7 raise their hands and see if they garner the SAME decency and respect that twice that many “Obama-ites” of a Naval Academy classroom/professor receive as a ROUTINE MANNER OF INTEGRITY, COURTESY AND RESPECT.”</p>
<p>I thought this was the main point of the article. In addition to considering the source, we must consider the audience: the NY Times’ liberal audience. From the persective of the readers, the service academies must brainwash mids into a monolithic, Bush doctrine mindset, & brutally silence independant thought.</p>
<p>This author is attempting to present a more nuanced, more accurate view of the Academy to these ignorant readers.</p>
<p>I don’t know what classroom the reporter could possibly have been poling. It’s possible that he was in a remedial math or chem class. Those have disproportion numbers of black & brown mids, & they tend to be Obama supporters.</p>
<p>That being said, there is much more political discussion at USNA than is generally acknowledged. There was some tension over which news station to show in King Hall at morning meal: Fox, CNN, or MSNBC? The Plebe US Government classes tend to be taught by left leaning teachers-civilian or military-in, I’d say, a deliberate attempt to stimulate political discussion.</p>
<p>On a seperate note, is it unfair to McCain that he’s not allowed to be seen shaking hands with current mids & USNA faculty?</p>