A 2019 study by the “More in Common” project found “the more educated a person is, the worse their Perception Gap” their distorted view of and tendency to attribute extreme positions to those on the “other side.” But the “one critical exception” is that it applies only to Democrats, not Republicans.

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[–]ReeferMadness 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

People in school think they are being taught the truth when they are just being brainwashed. They are literally told lies about the right and just believe it all.

[–]wendolynne 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

Hmm, I guess there are all sorts of experiences with education. The best education teaches a person how to think, rather than what to think.

[–]ReeferMadness 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Everyone believes that they think for themselves but the reality is they are too lazy, too stupid, too ignorant, too conditioned to trust authority. You can teach someone to fish and they will still get most of their fish from the store. Everyone was told some version of how to "think for yourself", not enough people do it.

At the end of the day everything leftist think they know about the right came from a leftist teacher. And no, the same does not go for the right. Every day the right is bombarded by leftist media propaganda, they go to the same leftist run schools, and get fed leftist propaganda through social media algorithms.

You can't be fine with colleges blacklisting conservative speakers and think that you are anything but ignorant. You can't go to these colleges and think you aren't brainwashed. If your entire life you are denied ever seeing a flower that isn't green and pink you will obviously "come to the conclusion with your own free thought" that all flowers are green and pink. You can't be anything but ignorant if all your information comes from mainstream sources.