re: College Students Less Tolerant of Conservatives

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Says the guy from Arkansas? You're the guy yelling at the short bus from the window of your padded cell.

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Yeah, go after where the guy is from. That's always a good sign that you are a bright individual.

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When was the last time students stood up and said "No!" to having a liberal progressive give a talk at their college?

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Never. Most people are sheeple.

It's a giant ole non issue but plays into the tried and true conservative narrative of the liberal elite and universities indoctrinating children.

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You called me an idiot in previous post then write this. Yeah, you have credibility.

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Yeah, I do. I read your reasoning and thought that you were stupid. Your reasoning is simply based on where he is from, which has literally zero merit. The next Michael Faraday (not that you know who he is) could be born in Arkansas. What does it matter where he's from or where he went to college?

Here's a wise quote that I'll give to you for free: Not everyone can become a great artist, but a great artist can come from anywhere.

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Translation: I don't like the topic of your post. I'll call you an idiot to let you know I am superior to you.

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No, what I'm saying is that I don't like your line of reasoning and it is only something that someone either incredibly ignorant or stupid would post.

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Maybe it's because there has been a collective awakening that is shining light on the truth of global state capitalism i.e. government/corporate elitism.

We are sick of a culture that celebrates, exacerbates, stimulates the most negative aspects of our species and rewards them financially in a way that creates a cultural hysteria that destroys everything that is good about our species and planet.

(You idiots are so caught up in red team vs blue team game, you're lost, miserably lost. You're perfectly programmed beings. You've fallen into the trap that allows them to divide and conquer. What you think about the democrat-republican thing is all wrong).

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Yup, they just scream "SOCIALISM!!!1!!" and plug their ears

Brainwashed to accept being raped by corporate interests

Higher levels of education actually tend to correlate with increasing conservatism/Republican identification until you go beyond the Bachelor's level, at which point the relationship switches. This is mostly a selection effect due to the fact that liberals are more likely to self-select into academic careers than are conservatives and are therefore more likely to pursue research doctorates.

There's kind of a similar relationship when it comes to wealth. Conservatism rises with wealth until you reach the extremely wealthy, who tend to be more liberal.

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The liberal elite want to indoctrinate college kids. Make no mistake.

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I haven't experienced any indoctrination or maybe they try and prey on the dumber among us. I think it's a big myth of the right, who need the liberal elites to rail against.

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They just aren't nearly as successful at it as the youths' own hedonistic proclivities in turning them liberal.

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This is the biggest mistake conservatives make about liberals. It isn't about being selfish or entitlements. They are swept into the do gooder ideals of liberalism. Helping the less fortunate is the driver for most. They just don't realize the practicality of actually enacting their programs. Conservatives want to make liberals out to be selfish, when the reality is idealism is where they stumble.

*Don't mistake anything in this as partisian. The meme of the white trash racist rich Republican is just if not more dishonest of a strawman.

Liberals make the same mistakes with conservatives who point out the practical flaws. I'm just responding to a conservative.*

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The liberal elite want to indoctrinate college kids. Make no mistake. They just aren't nearly as successful at it as the youths' own hedonistic proclivities in turning them liberal.

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One of the funniest things I've read in a while

If you don't think the liberals are trying to turn us all into gay communists you are a fuggin idiot.

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I haven't experienced any indoctrination or maybe they try and prey on the dumber among us. I think it's a big myth of the right, who need the liberal elites to rail against.

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I think the effect of it isn't nearly as pernicious as conservatives try to make it sound. But I sat through college classes. My sociology professor was a communist and said as much. My English professor lined us up the first day of class and said "everyone who is pro-choice over here, everyone pro-life over there." And then when I had the temerity to go "there" she lectured me for a few minutes on my inability to control her body (she really didn't like my essay on the Endowment for the arts). I took a philosophy of the mind class which devoted one whole lecture (of 45) to the idea of dualism. We spent 3 lectures on Artificial Intelligence. I had a history professor who spent about 2 lectures railing on Jim Bakker (this was early American history). My intro to philosophy professor was very impressed with Hume and not at all with Pascal.

Tl/dr: most college professors are liberal. Indoctrinated is too strong a word, but in my experience, they certainly slanted the arguments.