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Today's college students are children of the '80s yuppies. They grew up in a world where mommy and daddy gave them everything they wanted on a silver platter and they didn't keep score in little league soccer because they don't want to "hurt anybody's feelings" The result is an incredibly idealistic generation who have ABSOLUTELY NO idea how the real world works. They think they are entitled to everything and don't have to work for anything. Most college students are flaming liberal for two reasons. First, they have weak values and their minds can be molded easily. College professors take advantage of this. Required "philosophy" classes are one heavily used tool of indoctrination. If one is to remain conservative and/or religious through college, he/she must be heavily grounded in their beliefs. Second, today's generation is increasingly hostile towards traditional values, most specifically Christianity. Conservatism and Christianity go hand in hand, and today's young people want nothing to do with it.
he, he. Me too. Ultra conservative through college, ex-military guy. Over the years i see the way the system works and chews up most of the regular folk. Not flaming yet by any means , but considerably more liberal now than i used to be.
Today's college students are children of the '80s yuppies. They grew up in a world where mommy and daddy gave them everything they wanted on a silver platter and they didn't keep score in little league soccer because they don't want to "hurt anybody's feelings" The result is an incredibly idealistic generation who have ABSOLUTELY NO idea how the real world works. They think they are entitled to everything and don't have to work for anything. Most college students are flaming liberal for two reasons. First, they have weak values and their minds can be molded easily. College professors take advantage of this. Required "philosophy" classes are one heavily used tool of indoctrination. If one is to remain conservative and/or religious through college, he/she must be heavily grounded in their beliefs. Second, today's generation is increasingly hostile towards traditional values, most specifically Christianity. Conservatism and Christianity go hand in hand, and today's young people want nothing to do with it.
My girlfriends philosophy teacher specifically used this class to promote homosexual lifestyles and liberal points of views, while "encouraging" anyone to disagree with him. Such a bull**** waste of money.
Edit-As college has progressed, I've become more deeply religious and more deeply conservative. I was not raised with religion as a child and was an atheist until the last two years of my life. I also used to hold 'liberal' views like pro-abortion, pro-illegal immigration, socialist ideas, etc. But I'm as anti-tax as they come, very against abortion and illegal immigration. I guess the only liberal viewpoint I really have that liberals can relate to is support of gay marriage outside the Church.
My girlfriends philosophy teacher specifically used this class to promote homosexual lifestyles and liberal points of views, while "encouraging" anyone to disagree with him. Such a bull**** waste of money.
Mine was the same way, and I went to a college in a town so conservative that it was common sense to not put a Kerry/Edwards sticker on your car or if you were gay, you didn't let everybody know. That didn't stop this professor from promoting his far-left agenda. This class caused me to lean left throughout college and a short while after until I came back to my senses.
Today's college students are children of the '80s yuppies. They grew up in a world where mommy and daddy gave them everything they wanted on a silver platter and they didn't keep score in little league soccer because they don't want to "hurt anybody's feelings" The result is an incredibly idealistic generation who have ABSOLUTELY NO idea how the real world works. They think they are entitled to everything and don't have to work for anything. Most college students are flaming liberal for two reasons. First, they have weak values and their minds can be molded easily. College professors take advantage of this. Required "philosophy" classes are one heavily used tool of indoctrination. If one is to remain conservative and/or religious through college, he/she must be heavily grounded in their beliefs. Second, today's generation is increasingly hostile towards traditional values, most specifically Christianity. Conservatism and Christianity go hand in hand, and today's young people want nothing to do with it.
Please, when are you going to stop refraining from such generalistic assumptions? That's hilarious that you think liberals have weak values, quite quite quite untrue. Oh, and also that liberal minds can be molded easily. Actually, it's called "thinking for yourself & questioning things", you may want to put that into use one of these days, see where it takes you. Oh yes, those traditional values you hold so dear? What exactly are they again?
If one is to remain conservative and/or religious through college, he/she must be heavily grounded in their beliefs. Second, today's generation is increasingly hostile towards traditional values, most specifically Christianity. Conservatism and Christianity go hand in hand, and today's young people want nothing to do with it.
Which is why the high schools are full of Christianity. Abstinence programs, gay kids being harassed but nobody gets in trouble for it, extremely long moments of silence so kids can throw in some prayers, being disciplined for not doing the whole Pledge of Allegience, evolution and the Big Bang theories being hush-hush...
I wouldn't mind Christians so much if they weren't offended by everything.
Please, when are you going to stop refraining from such generalistic assumptions? That's hilarious that you think liberals have weak values, quite quite quite untrue. Oh, and also that liberal minds can be molded easily. Actually, it's called "thinking for yourself & questioning things", you may want to put that into use one of these days, see where it takes you. Oh yes, those traditional values you hold so dear? What exactly are they again?
Most college kids do have weak values. They are easily molded, which is why you see such a change when a student goes off to college. They also aren't thinking for themselves when they are indoctrinated into a mindset and to consider anybody who questions that mindset a closed-minded intolerant bigot.
Im sure you have seen the 20 year old with the "Che" T-shirt or..
The 21 year old who love's to read Marx.
How many kids actually still believe this at 25,30,or 40?
Are conservative kids in college closet conservative's???
I can seperate being Marxist from being liberal. You can be liberal on certain issues without being a Marxist/Socialist.
What a lousy circle jerk this topic is, filled with conservative testimonials "I was a liberal when I was young, but then I became an embittered, greedy old codger!".
That is why the embittered elderly are voting for McCain while the young and young at heart are going for Obama. (generally speaking).
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, but considerably more liberal now than i used to be.
Abstinence programs, gay kids being harassed but nobody gets in trouble for it, extremely long moments of silence so kids can throw in some prayers, being disciplined for not doing the whole Pledge of Allegience, evolution and the Big Bang theories being hush-hush...
