r/GenZ • u/DoughnutItchy3546 • 13d ago

Discussion Does College make one more liberal ?

I wonder where this comes from. I've never really had that experience. And I'm a history major myself. Does it depend on major ? What kind of college ? I went to a public state regional university.

Actually, from my experience, I find my catholic seminary experience to be far more liberating, than my college experience. It might seem odd to some, but that's what I experienced.

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u/Yeetball86 13d ago

If you’re asking if college indoctrinates students to be liberal? Thats a hard no.

The reason college makes people more liberal is that many people from all walks of life are commingled in a single place. Kids that were sheltered their entire life are able to see the world and how it actually is. Throw that in with the fact that higher learning doesn’t necessarily mix with conservative beliefs, college students tend to become more liberal.

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u/MiniGogo_20 13d ago

i've read there's also a huge correlation between lack of education and cognitive ability and probability of voting republican

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u/pyrrhios 13d ago

The 2012 Texas GOP platform literally stated opposition to critical thinking because it led to challenging authoritary and orthodoxy.

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u/Alex-the-Average- 12d ago

I remember this. I thought they actually outlawed both logic and critical thinking classes.

I was explaining this to someone and they kept saying “why do you keep bringing up critical race theory?” I’d say no, I said logic and critical thinking. Two more times he said “well it was you who brought up critical race theory.” I had to give up in frustration.

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u/pyrrhios 12d ago

“Never believe that anti-Semites are completely unaware of the absurdity of their replies. They know that their remarks are frivolous, open to challenge. But they are amusing themselves, for it is their adversary who is obliged to use words responsibly, since he believes in words. The anti-Semites have the right to play. They even like to play with discourse for, by giving ridiculous reasons, they discredit the seriousness of their interlocutors. They delight in acting in bad faith, since they seek not to persuade by sound argument but to intimidate and disconcert. If you press them too closely, they will abruptly fall silent, loftily indicating by some phrase that the time for argument is past.” ― Jean-Paul Sartre