“Straw men are easier to set on fire than reality-based propositions”
Agreed. Your piece proves it beyond doubt.
“Your average sophomore and freshman at a university know very little about history, current events, political science, human nature, and economics — perfect clay for the Democratic Party to mold into drones.”
Well, I’ve spent a bit of time now reading articles and feedback on this site, and I’m not convinced that those on “the right” have much of a grasp on history or economics.
And I’m not sure why what a “freshman” knows about the above is a smoking gun – presumably the people who never go to college at all don’t know anything more (on average). Why pick on college freshmen or sophomores? How much about economics and history to NON-college-educated people know? What about graduates?
I think the hate-mongering about the tertiary-educated is silly anyway. My experience of university here in australia (albeit a while ago) suggests that the mere fact of having gone to university doesn’t necessarily predict a person’s politics. You can get a bit closer by looking at what they study – somebody who stays in the humanities is probably a fair bit more likely to be a rusted-on lefty, and the maths faculty was fairly liberal. But engineering, economics and business/commerce leant distinctly toward the conservative side of politics. The sciences were, IMHO, fairly evently split. It might also matter which university you look at. But for every spittle-flecked ranting socialist student, you’ll find other students who want no part of it, don’t like to see their student fees wasted on juvenile polical games and who just want to get their degree and get on with their life.
I agree with phil, above – you’re throwing the baby out with the bath water by hating on college grads just because that had the temerity to get an education.
Apart from that, this article’s just a gish gallop of incorrect stereotypes.
