KC Johnson, "a 38-year-old bowtie-wearing Brooklyn College professor", who operates the "Durham Wonderland" blog, which covers the Duke (non-)rape case:

Chicago Sports Review: You've stated that you're a Democrat. When you began the blogging, were you surprised by critics calling you a right-wing nut? Did that make you re-examine some "right-wing nuts?"

Johnson: Oh, absolutely. You have to. It's odd. You see groups that you saw before as unabashedly positive, like the NAACP, act the way they have, and your thinking has to change. You say to yourself, if I'm a supposed right wing nut, then 90 percent of the people in this country are too. This didn't surprise me in some ways though. One of the issues I've really pushed is more attention to the history of the American state. Looking at that, you know there's a tendency among activist-left in the academy to just brand anyone who disagrees with them as a right wing-nut. It works, and it's hard for them to give up that stance. … Put it this way: before this case started I had never seen defending civil liberties as a right wing position.

As I said previously, "the left sets the terms of the debate, and creates the right out of the dissidents." Who would have thought allegations of rape at Duke University could become a partisan issue? But in some circles, it apparently has become just that.

I get more "right wing" all the time, usually without having to change any of my values.