RE: What is up with the disdain Republicans have towards educational institutes?
April 20, 2017 at 10:54 am
I'm a republican, and certainly understand the dislike of the stereotypical liberal campus.
A lot of the kids wrap their identity so heavily in the cause/rhetoric/philosophy that it's just dumb. But it makes sense. Kids are out on their own, trying to find some meaning/identity/kinship, and politics is as good a cult as any. You get to think you're better than people, be preachy, you can justify being an asshole, and do it all with your friends. And if you like it enough, maybe you become a professor there.
College age kids, in my anecdotal experience, REALLY want to find importance in things they do. Whether it's some shitty podcast, or going to the gym, or their political opinions. But then they get older, and life keeps them busy, and things get a lot more practical than philosophical, and a lot of that goes away. Which is probably why the 18-24 group always seems to slowly slide more red.
Public schools are racist. How dare they split them up by neighborhood, basically segregating the populations! I shall protest!!!
Turns to:
Fuck that shit, I'm not sending my kid to the school where the 4th grader stabbed their teacher.
A lot of the kids wrap their identity so heavily in the cause/rhetoric/philosophy that it's just dumb. But it makes sense. Kids are out on their own, trying to find some meaning/identity/kinship, and politics is as good a cult as any. You get to think you're better than people, be preachy, you can justify being an asshole, and do it all with your friends. And if you like it enough, maybe you become a professor there.
College age kids, in my anecdotal experience, REALLY want to find importance in things they do. Whether it's some shitty podcast, or going to the gym, or their political opinions. But then they get older, and life keeps them busy, and things get a lot more practical than philosophical, and a lot of that goes away. Which is probably why the 18-24 group always seems to slowly slide more red.
Public schools are racist. How dare they split them up by neighborhood, basically segregating the populations! I shall protest!!!
Turns to:
Fuck that shit, I'm not sending my kid to the school where the 4th grader stabbed their teacher.
