canadianabroadvery: lost-carcosa:macgregorsiolalpin: Studies show that indoctrination does not occ
canadianabroadvery: lost-carcosa: macgregorsiolalpin: Studies show that indoctrination does not occur in college. Students who enter conservative remain so. People can draw whatever conclusions they want from the fact that the majority of students AND instructors in academia tend toward liberal views. From my point of view, it follows from being better informed. Trumpers take immense pride in their ignorance. There is a cult of ignorance in the United States, and there always has been. The strain of anti-intellectualism has been a constant thread winding its way through our political and cultural life, nurtured by the false notion that democracy means that “my ignorance is just as good as your knowledge.”“A Cult of Ignorance”, Newsweek (21 January 1980) Just as true now as it was nearly 40 years ago. -- source link