Quote Originally Posted by cmoney View Post
Quote Originally Posted by Jayjami View Post
This is true of every generation of young people. The universities aren't 'brainwashing" them, they are just kids trying to figure shit out for themselves. Eventually, they will get jobs, have a stake in society, and their views will change. So lets cut them a little break, at lest they are interested in something other than their social media accounts.
How is a kid supposed to "figure things out" when he is constantly bombarded with one way of thinking? What happens in Universities is the same thing that happens within religious groups. You really think professors teach a balance between Left and Right ideas on campus? If you attend 99 percent of American universities, you are taught Leftist views. The only way you get away from it is if you are studying the sciences. The left wing views run so deep, and so fanatical, many republican speakers have bodyguards in the extremely rare times they are invited to speak.
I went to Cal, probably the most intolerant school in the nation for conservative views. Most Berkeley students were not political activists. They were there to get an education, get drunk, and get laid (as it should be). You are assuming that college kids actually are swayed by their professors' political viewpoints. 20 year olds don't give a rat's ass about the political views of "old people". They are much more influenced by their peers.