The problem with liberal echo chambers on college campuses
Liberal students are silencing conservative views, rather than listening. And that wonât prepare them for the real world.
By Adam SzetelaUpdated December 31, 2020, 11:48 a.m.
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When I was a freshman in college more than a decade ago, I didnât know what the patriarchy was and didnât think much about the chasm between the rich and the poor. I arrived on campus with conservative ideas that had been passed on to me by my parents and the people I grew up with, who donât have college degrees, who work in nursing home kitchens and on construction sites, and who watch a lot of Fox News.
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Basic personality traits are thought to be established by the time your child is five to six years old. Photo: Unsplash/ Thiago Cerqueira.
When you read descriptions of your star sign, it often seems as accurate as if your best friend was describing you.
But sceptics remind us there s no scientific evidence that being a Libra influences your personality and no reason why the position of stars near us should determine how individuals turn out.
We could be overidentifying with the deliberately vague or flattering language of horoscopes, which could describe anyone. And yet. who hasn t glanced at a description of Aquarians and thought, That s me ?