NRA More Powerful Than the Public? So, yes, on the issue of guns, the NRA may have more influence than the public. Indoctrination in College Classrooms? In the wake of the secretly taped video of a professor bashing Republicans in a classroom that surfaced on every conservative media outlet, many have alleged that liberal professors indoctrinate college students with their liberal spills. If the fact-checkers were to assess this claim, they would simply label it pants on fire! The speculation about Hilla.