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Given the following post, respond as if you're commenting on Reddit:
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CMV: University lecturers should not be allowed to express their political stance and should come across as neutral as possible.

I'm currently a commerce and media student at University and I have noticed that the majority of my lecturers are very expressive and passionate about their political views. I myself do not have a strong stance and revise parties and policy before each voting year, I believe that there's a place for all main political parties within a society (I'm not asking you to change my mind on that). 

I believe that when lecturers / professors express personal political views it could be detrimental as it puts a pressure to conform onto free thinking individuals. Lecturers should discuss facts but not opinions as they are there to educate not convince. 

When it comes to assessment, essay writing for example, knowing that the lecturer has a bias can put pressure on an individual to conform and argue towards that stance in order to feel accepted, correct and attain a good grade. 

Students who happen to be opposing the lecturers bias may also feel singled out, incorrect and alone when other students laugh and agree with remarks made by the lecturer. Lecturers also make rude comments about certain politicians and I feel that it is highly unprofessional. 

So basically, personal opinion and emotion towards politics should be kept out of education and students should be fed thought stimulating facts and information instead. 
Change my view so that I can relax and get on with my study!

*Update: lesson of the day is that it is really difficult to communicate a point via just text. A redditor has pointed out to me that I am complaining about political gossip rather than political biases as a whole and I agree.
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Professors expressing their political opinions is important because there is no way to just express objective facts because at the very least due to restrictions in time one will still have to choose which facts to share. And even attempting to be as objective as possible it is impossible to do justice to all possible opinions around a controversy.

Therfore a professor expressing an open bias allows you as the audience to understand the perspective they are coming from when interpreting the facts of an event.