The gist: If you have the courage to put your intellectual integrity before your reputation, nothing can break you. - Nassim Nicholas Taleb

If majority of academics vote Democrat, it is not random: they 1) don't have skin in the game, (others take risks for them) 2) are not productive members of society but want to lecture others on what to do 3) have steady income etc.

Finally, I reckon that I am not immune to such an emotional defect. But I deal with it by having no access to information, except in rare circumstances. Again, I prefer to read poetry. If an event is important enough, it will find its way to my ears. I will return to this point in time.

If you need your reputation more than I need mine, I own you. Otherwise you own me.