buying a car

Well yes, I do believe the public schools should be turning out people with liberal tendencies.  But I mean the classical definition of liberal as one who doesn't take things for granted and thinks about things, not the current definition of liberal as left of center.  That teacher who said FDR was not so hot was likely a classical liberal, presenting both points of view, assuming that her arguments were reasoned and she didn't just call him a commie or something, and that she logically refuted the textbook's pro FDR arguments without just dismissing them as fake news.

Why is Beagles capitalizing every letter in Nazi?

Slavery is probably a good example of the triumph of liberalism, in that we almost never see anybody saying it is a good idea anymore, and those KKKers, who are lately having a small comeback are widely held in disdain.  Slavery and the anti-antisemitism of the Nazis was based on the theory that certain other races (who turn out actually to not even be separate races) are inferior to others.  Science does not support this, and somebody who has a good scientific education will not believe it.

You can teach propaganda in your school, but you are going to have to fly in the face of facts to do it, and if you are presenting facts your propaganda isn't likely to fly very far,  In general the more you know the better you can make decisions.  If you read about cars you are probably going to make a better decision on your purchase than the guy who walks in knowing nothing.  It's the same with forming your political opinions. 

It's probably best not to believe whatever your peers believe.  Oh they might be right, but probably not and if you can gather enough information and think about things you may conclude that your peers were right all along, but more likely you will come to a more informed decision.  That is what school should be for.

I did indeed say that college profs did not make leftists out of my generation.  It was kind of a common concept back then that if you sent your kid to college he would be exposed to all these crazy ideas and come back nutty.  I believe that if you coolly examined the facts you would conclude that the war was a mistake, but I do have to wonder how much of my anti-warness came from peer pressure.  That part about the students radicalizing the profs was probably overreach on my part.

I'm going to go back to that car purchase example.  The more you know the better your decision will be.  Just because all your buddies hate Chevys and love Fords doesn't mean that you should buy a Chevy.


I can't believe that tax bill went through.  I mean here is a case where the casual observer takes a glance and sees a huge gaping hole where the rich are going to drive their money trucks through.  And now the reps are going to try to throw a bunch of job creator magic dust in our faces and try to make us think otherwise.  If our school system has any value at all, it's not going to work.