I remember when I took a sociology class, our teacher tried telling us how women get paid less than men. So I asked her why, then, don't companies hire women over men if they can save money, and she completely avoided my question.
Don't bother slapping them with economics or math, they can't answer logic or else those type of professors will look like they're questioning the hard sciences or mathematics. To believe that the wage gap exists you must believe the central idea of Capitalism; profit motivation, is false. And from there you must try to prove that all business owners or employers in the nation are somehow colluding together to pay women less and pay men more... Those type of ideas lay in the realm of conspiracies.
+Jacob Agnew Sociology is not weak, it is psychology of the masses and so in many ways vastly more important than psychology. But yes most sociology teachers tend to be leftists.
GamingNormaly I would. Academia should adopt a neutral and critical position when it comes to politics and not trying to promote just one specific way of thinking (sorry for ny English, I'm not a native speaker)
charlie freeman I agree with you, but don't forget that you a can have politicall views and in the same time being able to accept other people's views and even yourself quetsioning them. That's no longer the case since liberals are't allowing opinions outside their cultural marksist way of thinking by playing the *insert word which ends in ist/phobic* card. Left wingers are using so called "hate speach" to reduce anyone who objects to silence to avoid debating.
For me the hardest challenge is going to be a liberal school while being part Hispanic and Native American. The reason being people call me a race traitor saying I should be more liberal and be more open minded. It sucks because I can’t express my beliefs because of my race and or ethnicity I have to fit a certain mold to please people I can’t be my own person. To me that’s degrading because I feel oppressed and betrayed by my own people for not letting me be who I am.
The non-white right winger are the biggest enemy of the left. I am Asian but I am right wing (pro conservative but not conservative). Fortunately they generally accept my right wing view because it is considered somewhat normal for Japanese to be right wing. But yes, people like you are heroes. Do not buy into the leftist's stupid mold they created against the people of color.
Because you are a traitor. The corporatist products have lulled you and seduced you so you lack proper understanding of the oppresional history and the shit your ancestry went through for you to even have the opportunity to “be your own person”, i want you to say that in a time your ancestors were either slaving or being gunned down by government capitalist-backed militias, or when they refuse to give people rights and segragated them into poorer communities. Nah, it’s all about you you narcissist. Unfortunately, you’ll only agree with anyone that validates the opinion of yourself, its social capital 101.
I have seen leftist faculty members bully conservative students so I disagree that leftist professors will always respect hard work. They may even fail you or give you a low score because of your conservative views. I experienced that in college. They wanted our papers to reflect their political point of view.
My teacher said she'll give us a an F if we write about politics but some girl was able to make some pro Sjw crap and just go graded on the paper so yeah i agree
Ninja Artist What? Do you watch fox?? Oh your mad because CNN displays facts ik a neutral sense and fox is conservative B.S that is very very biased towards the conservatives
You seem to be the type to be interested in other obsured stories of propaganda, so I shall share mine. I'm not liberal nor conservative nor communist, and by no means a patriot in the conventional sense, mind you. The middle school math textbooks (in my school 6-8th grade) are labled as "multicultural math", though I haven't seen much ideology in the math curriculum. As for my former schools' most pathetic history course, I have a great many complaints. For one, our study of European history consisted only of a brief overview of WWI in 6th, an average length course on the medeval period in 7th (just the bad parts though) with enphasis on why the crusades were "unprevoked", and in 8th grade: nothing in regards to the history of Europe. Similar story for East Asia (I find it to be one of if not the most interesting subjects in history), but not as bad. As for the american history class, sh*t hits the fan fast, although the real B.S. begins in 8th grade. The textbooks are written by Howard Zinn, who judging by his later chapters in "A Young People's History of the United States Vol. I" is very likely a communist or liberitarian-socialist. And while he makes some good points on unjustified american wars, it makes no note whatsoever of american inventions; only of american oppressions. As for the history of american Indians: We are taught in multiple grades that they were not as civilized as Europeans, but that american Indians were in fact, more civilized than Europeans. Dispite the amount of coverage they get, I have little more to say on this. As for Arabs, in 7th grade we had a lengthly unit on them, free of any critisisms, we were tought only of their inventions and successes, and none of their faults. As for the history of Black, we are not even taught of their acomplishments beyond the civil rights movement in america, and nearly nothing of African history beyond briefly learning about Mali in 7th grade. I haven't the energy to go into the lack of masculinity, endless posters and early indoctrination, perhaps I may reuturn to write a part 2, though I'll retire for the nigh now.
Not To Be U CAN EXPRESS ALL THE DECENT THOUGHTS YOU WANT , BY THE WAY U R A BUNCH OF FKING BIGOTS TRYING TO PUT AN EDUCATED SIDE OF WHIPCREAM ON A LOAD OF SHIT
That was one the most incoherent and illogical statements I have ever read. As a linguistics major, I highly recommend you reevaluate your proficiency in everyday English communication
Yeah, I go to college in NJ, and I have some conservative views. I did a report on gun control in Sociology class, and how I think it's hurting people more than it helps them, because crime goes up after new gun control legislation, and everyone was supposed to discuss the topics after you did your report, and nobody really said much after my report. I am a shy person to begin with, so getting up in front of the whole class and stating my unpopular opinion was pretty terrifying, but I'm also very proud that I actually managed to do it.
Janet, reports are often opinions. You say gun control increases crime, another person can use a set of true facts and get the opposite result. To truly get to the bottom of it all, you have to account for ALL facts in something. Which you cant fit into a college class report.
Why is it that Conservatives are constantly having to be respectful and calm when speaking to liberals when liberals show less and less respect for conservative ideas every day.
@Tommy Davis perhaps, but an insignificant portion of us would. Haven't seen any conservative bullies around, but if you do find one, you can tell us who tehy are specifically and we'll internally purge them out of our system.
yeah lol if you told that to my dad, he would definetely disagree with you, cause he rants ALL THE TIME about leftists. I asked him if he had 1 wish, what would he do? And he said, "I would have all the leftists killed". I fricken love my dad
Ben Shapiro's advice is to not openly argue with the professor, nor argue in essay papers the view you think is correct. Just write as a SJW, get As, and get your revenge by making more money than them and dissuading alumni from donating.
He didn't say not to put a counter opinion ahead. He said don't push it too hard. Its a smart advice. In a university, you have limited powers and his grades lie in your hands. You can put forth your ideology once you have your degree in hand. Its pragmatism.
+Shawn Michael while I understand and agree, I find it odious. I had my grade threatened in *HIGH SCHOOL* by my Economics AND my English teachers; one was over 'trickle-down' economics (She gave us a handout and taught for one session about how it doesn't work, even though she told us at the beginning that is *wasn't in the curriculum*); and My English teacher gave us free reading/writing time then told me I should leave off reading the religious material. And people try to tell me there's no bias in education.
Currently attending college in San Luis Obispo, California. While my major is very conservative (agriculture) you should see the types of assignments my English “professor” gives out. Every single assignment is politically left leaning and bashed on white people. It’s disgusting.
Jennifer Walsh Writing? No, all the assignments are to watch UA-cam videos like Steven Crowder Change My Mind and explain how he “manipulates people”. Also one assignment where she took screenshots of a verbal fight she had on Facebook with some guy over their differing political views, and we had to critique how well she did. That was really embarrassing to read a professor cussing out a man for having a different opinion.
You will always end up with an opinion, which means you will always have a standpoint either more right, more left or somewhere else. There is no "no side".
My girlfriend is from Cuba, a Bernie Bro tried explaining to her why Socialism is so great, and after her saying "we have that tenant it doesn't work" he would dismiss it as not being "true socialism"
Well the world's most stable economies are socialist countries, so it's pretty damn clear that it works. True socialism may not be the right term, but it is certainly true that some countries (like Cuba and Brazil) just can't make it work, and that's not socialism's fault.
Miles Hacker that's not true at all, the most stable economies are those who have an adoption of Capitalism. This is because these economies have a free market where the resources are not owned by the government. This success by capitalism is attributed to the fact that capitalist societies allow free market entry/exit, and allow entrepreneurship. I'm an Econ major, and I can assure you that socialism is failing, see Venezuela. See China where they do nothing but print off fiat money as they lower deeper into a financial crisis.
I'm not denying that capitalism works. I'm saying socialism works as well. Obviously if capitalism didn't work, the United States would not be thriving, and if socialism didn't work, then socialist countries such as New Zealand and Denmark would not be thriving. Socialism still allows for a free market, which is what separates it from communism. Socialism is simply an adjustment to the way taxes are collected to ensure that the majority of the population is in the middle class. Communism essentially means that the government owns everything. Communism definitely does NOT work, and the countries that use it are currently suffering from extreme corruption. Venezuela is just another example of a country that overdid socialism and made it too communist. Bernie Sanders believes in a different type of socialism, one that is stable and more mild than that of Venezuela. Bernie Sanders' socialism would mimic the world's prosperous socialist economies to make the American economy just a little more stable.
What? It works YET but it will not last forever. The super-socialist European Union is in a deep financial crisis and economic stagnation. This is one of the main reasons why people voted for Brexit and why conservative parties are growing and winning. All around Europe the European youth is more conservative than their parents and grandparents. Like Margaret Thatcher said: 'The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.'
Denmark and New Zealand are actually Social Democrats and everything they've achieved in the economic side is thanks to capitalism. Just like Sweden is taken as an example of a socialist country that worked, but everything they did economically was under capitalism rule. I guess it's a trend, getting rich with free market and then slicing up some of the spoils with the population before some financial crisis hits due to their now weaker economic system and then restart the process. The problem with Venezuela and Brazil, besides extreme corruption, is that both skip the part were they use capitalism to enrich, and even though they somehow solved these two problems, I think it would still be a huge time for them to even think in making a social democrat system work properly with their swollen government and stupid politics. As for Communism, I really think that the 20th century was a huge attestation for everyone: extreme left ideologies are nothing more than utopias, even their nationalist and slightly modified versions (Fascism and Nazism) were proven to be even worse crap. We still need a proof from the far-right though, like the libertarians - not the anarchists - that is, with you follow the classic /more state - less state/ political spectrum, but that's just nomenclature and categorization after all, practically no ones agrees on it, even specialists don't.
Ugh. Let's not pretend you don't know that using trigger warnings as a "conservative" is an act of cultural appropriation, AND an abuse of your privileged station in society.
I think it to be much worse to leave such ancient and important areas of thought such as History, Philosophy and Social Sciences to be absolutely and irrevocably monopolised by extreme left-wing ideologues.
Look up the definition of Gender. Scientists agree that it is "the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones)." So gender is technically not bioligical and gender is cultural, yes of course they're are two sexes, but Gender is different than sex. Stop denying science conservatives
I guess you could call your gender "mayonnaise". But no mayonnaise is not a gender. "The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex" is another gender definition in the oxford dictionary. Sex is determined by the genitalia, mayonnaise does not have genitalia so therefore it cannot have a sex, and therefore NOT a gender.
Bexy Soy No, incorrect. Gender and Sex are actually the same thing, but because the leftists had not wanted their poor feelings declined, they had put two different things. Let me repeat, two different things, that in the end are the same. Gender/Sex are the same thing in mostly every single language, except for English and a few others. Without even being biological, we all know there are two genders. When you’re born, you’re a female or Male. That’s all.
I left the military and wanted to attend a top political science program. The school I chose had a great program. The dept. professors were fairly conservative. The rest of the campus however was taught by far left liberals, and the student body reflected that as well.
Bradshaw1212Plays MC Pick a school with opportunity for work study to keep your student loans low, and know what you want to do before you get there. A lot of kids come to college with no clue, and they end up changing their major half way through, which is really expensive in the long term and sets you back
As a conservative, I am willing to work, socialize and live among those with differing points of views. Just wonder why those on the left won't do same
I remember my teachers showing me Hillary Clinton propaganda in class. We all hated her for that. And we all continuously got into arguments with her. A lot of our teachers are either liberals, or feminists. I constantly got into arguments with them but I always quit before I got to my main points because I was always afraid of them writing me up for a detention.
He was in a position where he is unequal, his teacher being above him. It's called obeying school rules. Kind of like how you don't disrespect your professor or other lecturer.
I almost lost my cool when 6 students started to yell at me that abortions are fine, because the baby doesnt have a brain yet... thats just a horrible thing to say! A cell is still a living being, just as much as a 1 year old.
I remember being called a racist in junior high because I said I wouldn't vote for Obama because I didn't like his policies. Freedom of speech and freedom of thought keep me from believing in ideals that make no economic and/or moral sense. Once you start working, you'll start seeing more like-minded views because capitalism doesn't work on Leftist principles.
same once i told my friend i was republican and she was like yOu liKe dOnAld tRuMp hEs rAcisT shes black idk if that matter but she is really sensitive about that stuff anyways i told her some facts and she was just like iM tRiGGered iM tRiGgeRed iM triGgEreD a lot of times. anyways i dont talk about that anymore.
I have ONE MORE STRATEGY:DISAGREE with the teacher at the CLASS BUT in the TEST write what the teacher AGREE AND DEFEND Eu tenho MAIS UMA ESTRATÉGIA:DISCORDE do professor na AULA MAS na PROVA escreva tudo o que ele DEFENDE e CONCORDA
I have ONE MORE STRATEGY:DISAGREE with the teacher at the CLASS BUT in the TEST write what the teacher AGREE AND DEFEND Eu tenho MAIS UMA ESTRATÉGIA:DISCORDE do professor na AULA MAS na PROVA escreva tudo o que ele DEFENDE e CONCORDA
You dont need it at all. Prager U is just trying to make you afraid like all other right wing forces. No one will judge you as long as you're not an obnoxious asshole
Michael Conley Jr. actually, I’m just in high school and just saying something that sounds conservative gets the students mad at me and I can see that teachers are usually liberals. Also, from my experience, girls tend to be liberals and most of the people in my schools are girls. And all of the school administration is women. There are only three male teachers and my school is from pre-K all the way up to 12th grade. Therefore, there are many liberals, it’s not because the girls are stupid, it’s because girls tend to be less skeptical, so when a teacher says “women get paid less”, girls will just believe it without any evidence.
It says A LOT about the "tolerant" left. They're the same all over the world: they hate whites, they hate anyone who doesn't bend over backwards and spread their buttcheeks for their destructive policies, they always blame the president for events that have NOTHING to do with him just because he's not a dirty Liberal like Butthurt Obama.
RANDOM ANECDOTE: Ever since I read "1984" by George Orwell, leftist intolerance for contrary opinion at school makes me feel like I'm committing a thought crime every time I think in a conservative fashion.
Well I'm at an agricultural college in southern Georgia, so the liberals are by far the minority. I'm independent but agree with most conservative ideas.
"independent but agree with most conservative ideas". Thats a great position to have, and one that more people should have. Nothing gets done in politics becuase no one listens to each other and its in large part due to people calling themselves "proud republicans/democrats". it makes them less open to other views. be independent, make up your mind about each policy and if you end up supporting mostly conservative ideas thats ok!
+Austin Hernández I'm in the same boat (independent with conservative ideas), we are a dying breed in our age group. forming your own political opinions instead of being forced feed media garbage makes you a outsider nowadays.
+mohamulator some examples include free market (anti-Socialism/communism), less taxes, bringing back Judeo-Christian values, and smaller government power.
I still remember my Ancient Literature class my freshman year. The professor was, as usual, liberal but he was also VERY knowledgable about his material. He was also infamous for being an incredibly harsh grader, even among the Honors College professors. Among the ancient texts we studied was the Bible, and he knew the words inscribed within better than anyone in the classroom (even though the wisdom of such words eluded him). This was exasperated by the fact that right about half of the students were Christians (I know, I went to church with them all). Yet no one else came to the Bible's defense or really even participated in class discussions all that much. In fact, it was really only myself and this one atheist girl who actively participated in class discussions. So right about the week or so before finals, after an extensive debate about the Bible and the morals tought within it, he pulled me aside after the bell rang. Previously in the course I had demonstrated a great capacity for logical deduction and intellectual rigor through my diligent classwork and class discussions. He asked me "You're so smart... do you really believe in this book?" Without hesitation I responded "Absolutely" and walked out. But it was the way he asked it that sticks out in my memory. It wasn't incredulous, accusatory, or derisive. He was honestly confused. It sounded like he had developed a notion that Christians were stupid, weak-willed, and weak-minded people, and my passionate and logical defense of my beliefs was causing some internal conflict. I don't know what happened to him after that. I remember being one of only two people to earn an A in that course, but that's not important. I can only hope that through my words and actions I sowed the seeds that would eventually bring him to Jesus Christ.
God bless, that's great that you got to witness to him like that through your intelligence in a classroom setting😏👍🏻 Not a lot of people get to do that. Amazing story btw!❤
@@freethoughtgreg6424 ...except conservatives tend to have more common sense, unlike liberals. Thus, the situation of a conservative not providing facts is very unlikely.
Can you demonstrate that conservatives have more common sense? Which conservative principals are backed by common sense and facts? Most western societies are politically left of the USA and they have objectively better societal health by many standards.
@@freethoughtgreg6424 I did not say conservative principals are backed by common sense; I said that conservatives have more common sense than "liberals". (Also fyi, neither do the left's principals.) And yes, I can demonstrate that conservatives have more common sense. Let's talk about the 2016 elections. Now, when Obama got elected, no right wing supporter rioted or demanded a recount. But when Trump got elected, the left rioted and demanded recounts. The left lost and threw temper tantrums just because Hitllary didn't win. That, at least for me, doesn't show me common sense at all.
1. This "people complained when trump won but not when obama won" is factually false, and is an assertion and an anecdote 2.trump is an actual criminal, he is actively creating a swamp in washington, ramping up needless wars and casualties, botching relationships with unstable dictators, and is openly oppressing LGBT and non-christians. I would hope people would throw fits about him running the country. 3. If you can not actually demonstrate that conservatives have more common sense, then dont assert that 4. Liberalism correlates positively with being educated and non-religious, so i already have a case over you that liberals have more common sense.
I argued my Diversity instructor (who had a phD in social sciences) into defending ISIS with his own flawed logic. Hopefully the students saw the idiocy of his doctrine.
Real guide: Oppress liberals Argument with your socialist history teacher Escape from being lynched by ANTIFA militants and angry communists Tell cops that the marxist dude you hate smokes weed Graduate Be rich Be an example of how capitalism works Laugh at your old schoolmates Done
Huehuehuehue, estudei numa escola com tanto professor comunista achincalhando a crise do capitalismo (sobre 2008) e falando como o Brasil liderado por Lula e Dilma "escaparam da crise", certa vez disse a um deles que tudo o que os dois fizeram foi atrasar o inevitável, e que o Brasil entraria em uma recessão histórica, riram da minha cara, como eu queria ver eles hoje, kkkkkkkkkk
hahaha, boa Douglas. O que me entristece hoje é ver nas pesquisas que acabaram de sair para as próximas eleições que os comunistas estão na frente em muitas capitais. Não sei o que acontece! Depois de tudo que aconteceu nos últimos anos :(
Guilherme Santos Pra mim não é surpresa, desde as eleições eu tinha notado que os protestos eram contra a corrupção e não contra as ideias do PT, a ver o alto número de "socialistas fabianos" nos protestos, a "direita tucana" é um exemplo, kkkkkkk, só no Brasil mesmo social democrata ser de direita!
Vijay C. I’ve found the conservatives in leftist dominated institutions are more than happy to be your friends. You probably share similar values with them about freedom and open discourse. I don’t know your experience thought
Is it weird that I'm becoming very interested in politics and related topics at the age of 15? I feel very out of place from many of my piers at school who go with the popular viewpoint in my area, and am often ridiculed for my views, having formed a conservative mindset through evaluations of both left and right viewpoints, but know matter how much I stay calm and try to talk about any opinions, I am just immediately labeled as either racist or sexist or just stupid.
It's not an exaggeration to say that most faculty are on the left, it's a fact. And there are a million examples of them allowing or even encouraging the students to shut down opposing (conservative) ideas. So yes college can be a bit of a hostile environment for a conservative.
how so? there was no demonization nor any aggresive statements made about the universities. It was just a guide for conservative students in the now more liberally-prolific universities.
It’s hard being a conservative in California, especially when you’re in high school. All my peers think they know what’s best, and I used to think that way too, but I realized that no one was gonna do shit about the way I felt. I’m mexican, parents were illegals, grew up in the ghettos, never had shit because my family was poor, parents were working 2 jobs each to provide for me and my 6 siblings, and people still got the nerve to call me out for my political beliefs. My family is doing much better now; my parents didn’t wait for shit to get handed to them, and people still like to think that they know me lmao
Why would a college student want to be a liberal or a conservative? By choosing a single camp, we limit our ability to learn about and experience different social and political views. I prefer the following advices: Be open-minded, think critically, do not isolate yourself.
not that simple anymore, everything is too politicized to stay neutral, which is a really damn shame honestly. if anything i'd like to be taught what i need so i can get out into the workforce, not be force feed ideological shit from the SJW professor down the hall.
Nobody really chooses. It's not much of a choice, you choose to say you are either, but what you believe really defines which one you are. You can believe in a lot from each side too, and just be center.
Why would a college student want to be ANYTHING? I grew up steeped in the stereotypical "Generation X" culture that painted all teenagers as lazy and apathetic. I always thought such people were pretty dumb, but at least they were (usually) nice people when you got to know them. But then all those Gen-X'ers grew up to become cranky ideologues (centrists on balance, although they have shifted sharply to the right compared to their younger years), and while they are no longer "dumb," they certainly are ignorant.
True story: In my college Spanish course, halfway through the semester, someone didn't like that the professor didn't inherently know their preferred gender, and got up and left the class in a huff one day out of no where with no warning. We were all literally trying to figure out what had gone wrong. When someone had pieced it together that they were non-binary, our professora (literally the sweetest professor you could ask for) actually rushed out of the room to try and hunt "them" down in order to apologize to "them". Next class, I arrived to find a note taped to the empty room explaining that our professora had been removed (obviously for "insensitivity") and that we were going to be assigned a brand new one. But don't worry. This is a happy ending. A bunch of us banded together to write to the department chair to get our professora reinstated by giving our side of what actually happened and we won. Our professora returned while the other person did not and good riddance because this is not how you win allies. The war on basic reality is real. So stay vigilant my friends. God bless.
i literally did not know what a liberal and a conservative meant until i got to college. My 2 English teachers in my first year of college were horrible feminists who literally found a new way to complain about the government every other day.
@@MilesHacker i graduated in 2015 so obama was looked as a hero and non of my high school teachers were political until my 12th grade year, but that was my economics teacher. Also i didnt care about politics until 2016.
Buttery Skater Yet those Feminists want more Government since their Liberals and Liberals want more Government which makes those Feminists hypocrites which is making me laugh.
@em ! do your parents know? If not, and they are left wing, don’t tell you parents! You don’t want division in your own childhood house. If they are liberals they will most likely try to convince you every day that you are wrong. If not m, count yourself lucky as you are free to express you political views at home
@em ! talking about school, never mention your own political viewpoints. If somebody like a teacher or student asks you about some political event it’s something just go “I don’t know much about politics and I don’t care” or just go along with what they are saying and be like “yea, yea true”. Not more, no less you can do man.
I consider my self a "left" person, but i really can't over the fact that there is so much hate towards right wing. Why can't everyone respect each other ideas? Freedom of speech also means that people shouldn't be judged (or socially isolated) upon political views. I admire the firmness and passion about some right wing exponents as much as i admire the progressiveness and tolerance of the left wing.
When america was being formed George Washington stated that the absolute worst way america could be formed was with two opposing ideals in government. Also whenever the founding fathers killed one another over political disputes it was always the leftist who started this (and i am taking into account the fact that the names and meanings of these terms swapped over the years)
ethan finley What's so funny about being functionally illiterate? I Stated in the previous sentence that i was referring to SOME exponents of BOTH factions. You want me to draw it for you?
Question everything assume nothing always remain open minded and you will find you move more towards the centre and don't class yourself as LEFT WING or RIGHT WING
While this is without a doubt a virtue, let me ask you about things such as islam.. how many open minded people had their minds opened all over airports and shopping malls recently?
Are you linking open minded with left wing? Really? One who is truly open minded will know that Islam is one of the biggest to the west. Many of the CLOSED minded left won't acknowledge the threat of Islam. The more open minded I become the more I see the threat of Islam but the more I read the more I see the threat of government and banks. The more you read the harder you find it to fit any side of the political spectrum. I myself would say I lean to the right mostly but agree with some left wing ideas.
This makes people who lean left alienated. There are many people who lean left but still have depth. And no, being conservative doesn't make you a free thinker because, you, as a person make yourself a free thinker, not the political beliefs.
"pretty much anything with the word 'studies' after it..." That made me laugh, but importantly: degrees in "______ Studies" also happen to be the most useless degrees in existence.
Throughout my early school career, I always thought of social studies class (which is what it was usually called) as synonymous with history class. Is it not?
@@andylutz3505 that's what I thought too, I guess social studies has a bit more to do with the different social groups that have existed, while history is the umbrella that can be specialized
I remember in my late 20s, feeling somewhat frustrated and disillusioned when I went to church, or especially Bible study. We'd discuss what we were studying, and people would always applaud my insight - when the truth was, everything I was talking about was readily available to everyone else there, in the same Scriptures. The phrase, "Get on my level," didn't really exist back then, but if it had, I would have applied it liberally. A couple years later, I found myself hanging out with a bunch of liberals on the regular. Most nights we just drank coffee and shot the breeze, but often we would discuss politics and religion, and my views stood in stark contrast to theirs. But what kept me coming back instead of getting frustrated and writing them off, were the questions. Rather than simply dismiss my views, these guys wanted to know why I believed as I did, and asked probing questions concerning my convictions. This forced me to find answers to those questions - and, as I did so, it not only deepened my own faith, but opened doors for me to discuss my faith with those who didn't necessarily share it. It strengthed my resolve, and gave me opportunity to evangelize in a very real way. My advice to young people is this - find allies and draw strength from them; but make a point of finding also someone who challenges you. Find that friendly rival, someone you can share a cordial relationship with, but who doesn't necessarily see things your way. Listen carefully to that rival's questions, and consider carefully how best to answer them. Hold forum, seek input, and research your own side as though you were the enemy, looking for chinks in your own armor. Let the challenges of those who disagree be your opportunity to shine. Maybe then, your fellows will start to get on your level.
When I toured my college, I saw some posters that said this: “Undocumented migrants week: This college stands with all migrants.” “No human is illegal.” “Dear African/Latino/LGBT/Asian students: Your lives matter.” “Fight back against Israeli apartheid.” I’m starting in January. Wish me luck 😂
Thank you so much for this video! Last August, I was extremely discouraged by the constant targeting, when I had listened patiently, hadn't shared my own opinions on politics, but still felt targeted by questions I had to answer honestly. It was like I had "conservative constitutionalist" written on my forehead. I wanted to still be respectful of my instructors, but couldn't compromise my beliefs/views. And felt like the only way they would leave me alone was agreeing with them. Which was NOT an option. But after talking with my mom about my frustration with my first month as a college freshman. I came on UA-cam and found this video. And I have now finished out my public speaking class, with a very outspoken environmental liberal instructor, who listened well and would hear me out. Even after covering hard political topics which he encouraged and was excited to hear. And was amazed I was only 18. Thank you so much for helping me through this semester! It turned into a very good one! So encouraging to see other people my age are equally motivated to speak up!
+KnifeToYourFace Appealing to emotion. How pathetic. Also, is having a bone deformity a genetic advancement? You want to fix this hellhole you call civilization? Be my moronic guest!
Thank God for this. It's so hard for me to not say anything when some of my teachers bash conservative views and President Trump. Right now, I'm in 8th grade and I'm planning to study politics in college. Once, my one teacher called Trump & his supporters, bigots. I just shook my head and stayed quiet because I knew, as a conservative, she would fire back at me for expressing my views.
High schooler here. Do your teachers give you detentions/bad grades if you argue with their ideologies? My teachers all have leftist views, but as long as you discuss it with them in a civil manner in class, its ok.
I went right at them head on when I was in school. As an engineering student, we still had to take lunatic liberal classes. I shot down every liberal talking point that the professors put forward.
I'm only in high school and some of my teachers are passive-aggressively pushing a left agenda on my peers and I, and it's a rural-ish school. The education system is screwed.
So how do you take a class about history, politics, or economics without having a political discussion at least once exactly? Seeing as universities have core requirements which force students to take at least one of these classes, this is good advice.
i asked a middle eastern girl last year why she didn't eat pork. she said because of her religion. i inquired further "yes but why?". then got verbally assaulted and called a bigot by an SJW who wasn't even part of the conversation. i then proceeded to pwn him in a debate and was able explain that my inquiry was about the religious reason for not eating pork. the SJW skulked away and the middle eastern girl explained that it was because pigs are religiously seen as unclean.
The reason they didn't eat pork was because pork couldn't be cleaned like it can today and would often kill those who ate it, much like bottom feeding fish and insects. many people didn't understand this at the time so it was simply said, don't eat pork.
I've read that there are cases of people failing because they didn't prescribe to the belief system of the teacher. I've actually gotten lower grades, not because I wrote the papers wrong, but because I adhered to a different belief system.
+khfan4life365 I had an English class once and the teacher was from India. she basically made the whole class into a Hindu religion type of thing and she gave me bad grades because we couldn't agree on certain things. I thought that she would be grading me based on my work but instead I soon realized I was being graded based upon my beliefs. it's sad man
I guess that's why Trump is going to be president. Despite the propaganda machine of the media and education being liberal, the American people are still mostly conservative.
Soul Chicken I was talking about the Professors. My theory is that after you've been denied tenure at a major university for being That Guy. The only place you can get a job is at a CC.
There's something that bugs me about PragerU and Americans in general: they refer to trendy lefties as liberals - liberalism has got nothing to do with left and right
The terms may be used differently in other parts of the world, but that's just how it's used and commonly understood here in the US. I'm not sure that you'll be able to turn the entire nation's way of thinking around.
US politics are all in the right of political spectrum. Liberalism is in the center-right, while conservatism is far right. That's why in US their liberal movement is left-wing. It's left wing for them, right wing for the rest of the world.
There's a four point square - authoritarian to individualist, far left (communist/total state) to far right (no state). The problems today are not classic liberals who often want a large state to take care of people and control some things compared to conservatives who want a smaller state and larger alternative institutions. It is the authoritarian left that says the state has to be huge AND want state power to force everyone to agree with them, then attack all groups and institutions that don't align. Conservatives don't care if liberals live in a commune in the woods or their liberal newspapers, conservatives have theirs. Liberals usually don't care if conservatives have their religious private schools aside from public though push out conservative religious groups in school. It is the authoritarian that has repeatedly tried to enroll young children of homosexuals in private schools that teach traditional values, then rush to the media and send death threats to schools that decline the enrollment. (Happened at a private religious school near us, in the name of love, the LBGT allies threatened to burn down a school with 200+ kids inside to wipe out the haters' children). If the school admits the child, then they show this crying 6-7 year old that these mean people teach that Mommy and Mommy are bad, you have to change your teachings. Don't change it, and they sue. It isn't the classic liberal live and let live, it is get out of the public square to your enclaves, then show up at the enclaves and demand that even that be shut down. The same is true with the SJWs showing up at conservative events with airhorns or actually blocking entry of the audience, denying others freedom of speech and assembly in the name of fighting hate. It is the authoritarian left that in the name of helping various victim groups seeks to police speech of others with the state power to financially punish those who disagree. That is fascism.
I take US history in high school and I'm glad that I have a great teacher who doesn't express any political bias. One of her parents also served in the US air force.
If your being called any of the above in 2:24 , the easiest way to counter these accusations is to ask if they have proof of this or not. Works extraordinary well against them. Bonus points for getting it all on camera.
I must say in college my favorite classes were the ones that had conservative/republican professors. Here you have a more educated and wiser conservative professor who would own any of us one on one. But against 20+ young liberal college students it's a fair match and made for some great discussion and learning opportunities. It's a shame that conservative professors are being scrutinized.
In my literature class at a Christian school, I sat next to a kid who was obviously not Christian. He was visibly upset the whole time the teacher talked from a Christian view point. I guess they can’t take their own medicine. Thank you for this guide! 💪💪
Instead of hardening a position and dividing, let yourself be challenged and challenge others. Make friends, connections, and isolate ideology from these. I’m very liberal, but have friends that are extremely conservative and even socialists. I’ve learned so much from them, and have had lots of laughs and good times. Try and connect beyond dissenting viewpoints, and your life will be enriched with perspective and understanding just by understanding the variety of opinion in the country today.
EXACTLY, I used to be deep in the conservative circle and all it took was for me to actually listen to the other side to drop the right entirely. They make videos like this because they know all it takes is for a conservative to actually listen and be open to new ideas for them to stop being a conservative. Videos like this make conservatives so stubborn and completely unopen to anything that isn’t far right wing, and I should know. This shit messed me up for years
@@thiccchungo1041 I still have friends that remain deeply conservative. Far right (even far left) ideology needs an opposition, good and evil. You sit them down and realise the world isn’t going to hell and we’re all just people who want the best for ourselves and our families.
@@nickverse3463 Baron Friedrich von Steuben is a military officer during the Revolutionary War and played a major role in disciplining Washington's troops that lead to their victory. He is also openly gay, which the Prussian military (where he's from) punishes him for. George Washington see past his gender identity and accepted him into the military and later got him an important position in the early American government.
Yeah, I’m in junior high, and the majority of people in our school’s student vote voted for the conservatives. Conservatives like pretending they’re the minority in most places, but here (Alberta) is Liberals are by far the minority.
Y'all should make a video that show both left and right point of views. And make it educational for both sides. To help future voters make smart decisions no matter of of what side you on.
Majority of all universities and colleges are left leaning. Same goes for news media and social media. There is enough videos of left point of views out there. They don't need another.
Its impossible to avoid a leftist view point though, its everywhere you look, like ganthore said, its all over the mainstream news and social media. Leftist views are promoted whereas conservative views tend to be censored or suppressed. I've yet to see a liberal channel also provide a conservative view and discuss it with an open mind. Thats why we need as bigger voice as possible to be heard above the noise, this is actually part of what gives rise to the far right in my opinion. I used to consider myself dead centre but the crazier the shit I heard coming from the left over the past decade or so the more it pushed me over to the right, as that tends to be where the common sense view is as opposed to the 'feel good factor' of virtuousness.
I'm studying to be an art teacher, and the sad reality is that, people who's in the Right side of the political side of the spectrum is demonized. I agree with this video, WORK hard guys, it's not impossible.
Yes I agree people call me racist either way for being conservative despite being hispanic. People seem don't understand why I am conservative. I used be a spoil liberal until I got my 1st job in high school. From then on I understand the true value of hard work and responsibles.
@@neofinnelythethird I've read many of the comments in this video, and have noticed you quite a lot. What is your purpose here? Just to tell everyone they're wrong and you're right because you know 100% that that is the absolute truth? That is certainly what you have made yourself out to be. Tone it down with the insults and general disrespect. If you want to argue with someone, you don't start with an insult.
@@cjs21453 you will be fine there. (i studied law in the DC area.) They're not Leftist crazy in Maryland like in NY, New England and the West Coast. Boa sorte.
my grade 12 drama teacher debated me on budget deficits and it lead to nowhere... she wants more money to be invested in mental health, and I was not against it, she fought me anyway, it ended up more then half the class supported me for lower taxes, paying of deficit, and to build a better future for the next generation
i wanted to enroll on a political science course on my 2nd year and then I saw feminism and social justice on the course syllabus, i changed my mind after that lol
If the university started teaching the nazi ideology, and you rightfully didnt want to go there for that reason, would your lame ass comment still apply ? Same principle with feminism/SJW.
That doesn't mean that the professor is going to support those ideologies. The fact is that there are people who believe that so it must be taught what those people believe. How else can you decide if you agree or disagree with them? You may know the basis of those groups, but it's doubtful you know everything. And it's likely the professor doesn't agree with them either.
+Django Fandango The point of taking college classes is to learn new things. I can't say anything on feminism or social justice as it's taught at a college, because I've never taken those classes, but I've taken enough college classes to know to not make assumptions about knowledge and perspectives will be conveyed to me. For example, I had to take an Art Appreciation class. I thought this was stupid because I felt it wasted time that could be spent on major required courses, and who was anyone to tell me how to appreciate art? But what we actually learned was the history of art and how early art often served not as art as we know it, but was used to convey information, laws, historical record, and beliefs. Art was the first form of written communication, and often was the only record of social perceptions of societies. It wasn't really until recently that the idea of art for art's sake came about. Anyway, I really enjoyed the class. You really don't know what a class is like until you take it.
I wish to know a Republican based college that I could go to. Please help. My Personal Answer to Myself: stop giving people respect they don't deserve. When you fear other people you are taking away from your faith. Love everyone. The only enemies we have are the ones we create. Don't let human ideals stop you from becoming the person you were meant to be. Regardless of sides. 🙄
@@javiersaenz1040 I've lost interest. Not in the college thing necessarily. My advice is to learn to not fear other people because we're all imperfect. You can guide other people but what's the difference if you aren't heading in the right direction for certain. Go to school keep your mouth closed and speak when you know it's your place. Not only that but I've become a lot less aligned with ideals and politics and became more intertwined with right and wrong and faith. We gotta stop treating everyone like our enemies. It doesn't do anything but create actual enemies.
Dear fellows of PragerU , I'm so glad for this video!!! We in Brazil, suffered in all Public Universities, the biased teaching.....that 'socialism/comunism' is "cool"...... I have survived - critically independent - for 4 years (Biology!), but most of my friends still think and voted for the most corrupt government of all time -check for yourselves! (Lula - who is in jail - and his party PT - 'Workers Party'). Now, we have, for the first time a 'right-wing' presitent. Jair Bolsonaro. The fact is that our professors in Brazil (all levels!) still 'teach' what we call 'Gramschism". (From the italian comunist Antonio Gramschi). Could you make a video-class about his doctrine!?? I will be pleased!!! Thanks a lot!!!
I could make a video for my own if you prefer! (I'm very articulated and know a lot about his doctrine and the effects in our educational system!). Anyway, reach me if you need any information - I have a lot! - from 'biased curriculums' to bullying etc!!
Real guide Step 1: Sow mouth shut. If you can't speak you can't offend. Step 2: Cut off hands. People may find certain hand gestures offensive. Step 3: Where buzzfeed merch wherever you go. Hopefully you can live to see the day you graduate with these tips.
Radicalism isn't conservative but I understand the "suggestion" of this comment. To Those Who Don't Understand The Irony: Following those 3 steps would make you "unable" to offend Liberals.
I reminisce my college year. Lots of justice students harass one conservertive male student, reveal his profile to public and gossip him very badly. I just stayed silent. I felt it's not right, but I didn't want to make enemy.
"When you are silent in situations of injustice, you have taken the side of the oppressor." -Desmond Tutu 'Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.' I sympathize with your situation, I've been on both sides of it. But letting others be bullied means the bullies win.
I just pretended to be left-wing during my college years...it's surprisingly easily to pick-up the political correctness and stress over global warming
Wish I saw this a year ago, I am currently going to college at a community college for Business Administration and have encountered issues described here many times. Oddly enough I actually encountered a left leaning instructor that actually listened to alternate views and made him think about the topic differently.
I remember when I took a sociology class, our teacher tried telling us how women get paid less than men. So I asked her why, then, don't companies hire women over men if they can save money, and she completely avoided my question.
Don't bother slapping them with economics or math, they can't answer logic or else those type of professors will look like they're questioning the hard sciences or mathematics. To believe that the wage gap exists you must believe the central idea of Capitalism; profit motivation, is false. And from there you must try to prove that all business owners or employers in the nation are somehow colluding together to pay women less and pay men more... Those type of ideas lay in the realm of conspiracies.
+Jacob Agnew It was one of the few required classes that fit my schedule that I figured I could get a kick out of
Oh, like a required humanities elective? Pfft yeah, I'm really looking forward to taking my philosophy class next Summer too.
+Jacob Agnew counter subversion
+Jacob Agnew Sociology is not weak, it is psychology of the masses and so in many ways vastly more important than psychology. But yes most sociology teachers tend to be leftists.
Colleges and universities should be about education, not indoctrination
#makecollegesgreatagain
Like you would say that if the liberals was in the low nummbers
GamingNormaly I would. Academia should adopt a neutral and critical position when it comes to politics and not trying to promote just one specific way of thinking (sorry for ny English, I'm not a native speaker)
charlie freeman I agree with you, but don't forget that you a can have politicall views and in the same time being able to accept other people's views and even yourself quetsioning them.
That's no longer the case since liberals are't allowing opinions outside their cultural marksist way of thinking by playing the *insert word which ends in ist/phobic* card.
Left wingers are using so called "hate speach" to reduce anyone who objects to silence to avoid debating.
I think that is the longest run-on sentence I have ever seen, and I teach freshman history!
For me the hardest challenge is going to be a liberal school while being part Hispanic and Native American. The reason being people call me a race traitor saying I should be more liberal and be more open minded. It sucks because I can’t express my beliefs because of my race and or ethnicity I have to fit a certain mold to please people I can’t be my own person. To me that’s degrading because I feel oppressed and betrayed by my own people for not letting me be who I am.
The non-white right winger are the biggest enemy of the left. I am Asian but I am right wing (pro conservative but not conservative). Fortunately they generally accept my right wing view because it is considered somewhat normal for Japanese to be right wing. But yes, people like you are heroes. Do not buy into the leftist's stupid mold they created against the people of color.
I feel your struggles as a black conservative.
Because you are a traitor. The corporatist products have lulled you and seduced you so you lack proper understanding of the oppresional history and the shit your ancestry went through for you to even have the opportunity to “be your own person”, i want you to say that in a time your ancestors were either slaving or being gunned down by government capitalist-backed militias, or when they refuse to give people rights and segragated them into poorer communities. Nah, it’s all about you you narcissist. Unfortunately, you’ll only agree with anyone that validates the opinion of yourself, its social capital 101.
Hispanic is not an ethnicity, it is a culture. Viva la Hispanidad.
Pull the racism card in their face.
I have seen leftist faculty members bully conservative students so I disagree that leftist professors will always respect hard work. They may even fail you or give you a low score because of your conservative views. I experienced that in college. They wanted our papers to reflect their political point of view.
I agree. It hurt my GPA but I still graduated with honors. Suck it left wing puppets
I once had a professor that used cnn as a “moderate” network. I nearly fell out of my chair.
My teacher said she'll give us a an F if we write about politics but some girl was able to make some pro Sjw crap and just go graded on the paper so yeah i agree
Ninja Artist What? Do you watch fox?? Oh your mad because CNN displays facts ik a neutral sense and fox is conservative B.S that is very very biased towards the conservatives
Grace Whitsell-Petroshius You're delusional, very delusional.
Bruh it's not only in higher education. It's in highschool TOO.
You seem to be the type to be interested in other obsured stories of propaganda, so I shall share mine.
I'm not liberal nor conservative nor communist, and by no means a patriot in the conventional sense, mind you.
The middle school math textbooks (in my school 6-8th grade) are labled as "multicultural math", though I haven't seen much ideology in the math curriculum.
As for my former schools' most pathetic history course, I have a great many complaints.
For one, our study of European history consisted only of a brief overview of WWI in 6th, an average length course on the medeval period in 7th (just the bad parts though) with enphasis on why the crusades were "unprevoked", and in 8th grade: nothing in regards to the history of Europe. Similar story for East Asia (I find it to be one of if not the most interesting subjects in history), but not as bad.
As for the american history class, sh*t hits the fan fast, although the real B.S. begins in 8th grade. The textbooks are written by Howard Zinn, who judging by his later chapters in "A Young People's History of the United States Vol. I" is very likely a communist or liberitarian-socialist. And while he makes some good points on unjustified american wars, it makes no note whatsoever of american inventions; only of american oppressions.
As for the history of american Indians:
We are taught in multiple grades that they were not as civilized as Europeans, but that american Indians were in fact, more civilized than Europeans. Dispite the amount of coverage they get, I have little more to say on this.
As for Arabs, in 7th grade we had a lengthly unit on them, free of any critisisms, we were tought only of their inventions and successes, and none of their faults.
As for the history of Black, we are not even taught of their acomplishments beyond the civil rights movement in america, and nearly nothing of African history beyond briefly learning about Mali in 7th grade.
I haven't the energy to go into the lack of masculinity, endless posters and early indoctrination, perhaps I may reuturn to write a part 2, though I'll retire for the nigh now.
Chief nobody is interested in reading a copy as thick as the damn bible bro
This is because liberals tend to seek higher education and conservatives tend to drop out and seek less modern jobs.
@@hikaru_7027 Maybe have an attention span longer than a minute, I thought it was interesting information.
YolooDevil Im sorry, I couldn’t finish reading your comment, make it shorter please
Sucks that we need a SURVIVALguide for expressing thoughts.
Not To Be U CAN EXPRESS ALL THE DECENT THOUGHTS YOU WANT , BY THE WAY U R A BUNCH OF FKING BIGOTS TRYING TO PUT AN EDUCATED SIDE OF WHIPCREAM ON A LOAD OF SHIT
That was one the most incoherent and illogical statements I have ever read. As a linguistics major, I highly recommend you reevaluate your proficiency in everyday English communication
Not To Be it is hard being an asshole in today's society.
But at least it does exist
Sucks that you need to be told by a conservative channel that you’re not racist when your views really are.
Yeah, I go to college in NJ, and I have some conservative views. I did a report on gun control in Sociology class, and how I think it's hurting people more than it helps them, because crime goes up after new gun control legislation, and everyone was supposed to discuss the topics after you did your report, and nobody really said much after my report. I am a shy person to begin with, so getting up in front of the whole class and stating my unpopular opinion was pretty terrifying, but I'm also very proud that I actually managed to do it.
Way to go Janet!
Janet, reports are often opinions. You say gun control increases crime, another person can use a set of true facts and get the opposite result. To truly get to the bottom of it all, you have to account for ALL facts in something. Which you cant fit into a college class report.
way to miss the point
You probably have more balls than all of the guys in your ethnic studies class
+Taylor F.
Well, if you're interested, I used www.gunfacts.info as a reference, and you can download a PDF of their book, Gun Facts, for free.
Why is it that Conservatives are constantly having to be respectful and calm when speaking to liberals when liberals show less and less respect for conservative ideas every day.
@Yeet M8 we tend to not do that but have you seen libtards do riots and attack conservatives and go around doing bad choices
@Tommy Davis perhaps, but an insignificant portion of us would. Haven't seen any conservative bullies around, but if you do find one, you can tell us who tehy are specifically and we'll internally purge them out of our system.
yeah lol if you told that to my dad, he would definetely disagree with you, cause he rants ALL THE TIME about leftists. I asked him if he had 1 wish, what would he do? And he said, "I would have all the leftists killed". I fricken love my dad
To avoid going so low.
because you show no respect all on the right dismiss left policies as communism or hippy sjw authoritarianism
Ben Shapiro's advice is to not openly argue with the professor, nor argue in essay papers the view you think is correct. Just write as a SJW, get As, and get your revenge by making more money than them and dissuading alumni from donating.
Ben Shapiro actually made a large donation to Harvard and got his professor fired. At least, that's what I heard.
There's no guarantee to succeed but a good chance to fail
He didn't say not to put a counter opinion ahead. He said don't push it too hard.
Its a smart advice. In a university, you have limited powers and his grades lie in your hands. You can put forth your ideology once you have your degree in hand. Its pragmatism.
best comment on here!
+Shawn Michael while I understand and agree, I find it odious. I had my grade threatened in *HIGH SCHOOL* by my Economics AND my English teachers; one was over 'trickle-down' economics (She gave us a handout and taught for one session about how it doesn't work, even though she told us at the beginning that is *wasn't in the curriculum*); and My English teacher gave us free reading/writing time then told me I should leave off reading the religious material.
And people try to tell me there's no bias in education.
Step 1: AVOID THE WEST COAST
And the New England Area
Haha I live in the west coast and this is what we have to deal with
Currently attending college in San Luis Obispo, California. While my major is very conservative (agriculture) you should see the types of assignments my English “professor” gives out. Every single assignment is politically left leaning and bashed on white people. It’s disgusting.
Jennifer Walsh Writing? No, all the assignments are to watch UA-cam videos like Steven Crowder Change My Mind and explain how he “manipulates people”. Also one assignment where she took screenshots of a verbal fight she had on Facebook with some guy over their differing political views, and we had to critique how well she did. That was really embarrassing to read a professor cussing out a man for having a different opinion.
West East South North it doesn’t matter anymore
Don't fall either side of the political fence and question everything, that's my advice.
gg
pretty much
yep
Nope.
You will always end up with an opinion, which means you will always have a standpoint either more right, more left or somewhere else. There is no "no side".
"The person who loses his cool often loses the debate." I like that.
I’ve learned that lesson the hard way
PragerU is not conservatism, it is Trump’s cult
My girlfriend is from Cuba, a Bernie Bro tried explaining to her why Socialism is so great, and after her saying "we have that tenant it doesn't work" he would dismiss it as not being "true socialism"
Well the world's most stable economies are socialist countries, so it's pretty damn clear that it works. True socialism may not be the right term, but it is certainly true that some countries (like Cuba and Brazil) just can't make it work, and that's not socialism's fault.
Miles Hacker that's not true at all, the most stable economies are those who have an adoption of Capitalism. This is because these economies have a free market where the resources are not owned by the government. This success by capitalism is attributed to the fact that capitalist societies allow free market entry/exit, and allow entrepreneurship. I'm an Econ major, and I can assure you that socialism is failing, see Venezuela. See China where they do nothing but print off fiat money as they lower deeper into a financial crisis.
I'm not denying that capitalism works. I'm saying socialism works as well. Obviously if capitalism didn't work, the United States would not be thriving, and if socialism didn't work, then socialist countries such as New Zealand and Denmark would not be thriving. Socialism still allows for a free market, which is what separates it from communism. Socialism is simply an adjustment to the way taxes are collected to ensure that the majority of the population is in the middle class. Communism essentially means that the government owns everything. Communism definitely does NOT work, and the countries that use it are currently suffering from extreme corruption. Venezuela is just another example of a country that overdid socialism and made it too communist. Bernie Sanders believes in a different type of socialism, one that is stable and more mild than that of Venezuela. Bernie Sanders' socialism would mimic the world's prosperous socialist economies to make the American economy just a little more stable.
What? It works YET but it will not last forever. The super-socialist European Union is in a deep financial crisis and economic stagnation. This is one of the main reasons why people voted for Brexit and why conservative parties are growing and winning. All around Europe the European youth is more conservative than their parents and grandparents. Like Margaret Thatcher said: 'The problem with socialism is that you eventually run out of other people's money.'
Denmark and New Zealand are actually Social Democrats and everything they've achieved in the economic side is thanks to capitalism. Just like Sweden is taken as an example of a socialist country that worked, but everything they did economically was under capitalism rule. I guess it's a trend, getting rich with free market and then slicing up some of the spoils with the population before some financial crisis hits due to their now weaker economic system and then restart the process. The problem with Venezuela and Brazil, besides extreme corruption, is that both skip the part were they use capitalism to enrich, and even though they somehow solved these two problems, I think it would still be a huge time for them to even think in making a social democrat system work properly with their swollen government and stupid politics. As for Communism, I really think that the 20th century was a huge attestation for everyone: extreme left ideologies are nothing more than utopias, even their nationalist and slightly modified versions (Fascism and Nazism) were proven to be even worse crap. We still need a proof from the far-right though, like the libertarians - not the anarchists - that is, with you follow the classic /more state - less state/ political spectrum, but that's just nomenclature and categorization after all, practically no ones agrees on it, even specialists don't.
6) Preface everything you say with a trigger warning.
You gotta also preface "trigger warning" with a trigger warning.
Ugh. Let's not pretend you don't know that using trigger warnings as a "conservative" is an act of cultural appropriation, AND an abuse of your privileged station in society.
+tohopes trigger warning
You say that as if cultural appropriation is a _bad_ thing... (and as if conservatives are privileged over liberals in a college setting)
No.
Let them suffer the trauma.
Take up, Engineering, Medical Sciences, Core Sciences, Law or Education ladies and gentlemen.
That is where we find shelter.
Law students are mostly pro-choice
Possibly because they deal in facts rather than feelings.
I think it to be much worse to leave such ancient and important areas of thought such as History, Philosophy and Social Sciences to be absolutely and irrevocably monopolised by extreme left-wing ideologues.
Aeronautical engineering and chemistry is what I’m doing so I’m safe
Law students are pretty left cus it’s all social sciences
My gender studies class: Right, there are only two genders MALE and FEMALE.
If any of you question this please leave.
Look up the definition of Gender. Scientists agree that it is "the state of being male or female (typically used with reference to social and cultural differences rather than biological ones)." So gender is technically not bioligical and gender is cultural, yes of course they're are two sexes, but Gender is different than sex. Stop denying science conservatives
is mayonnaise a gender?
I guess you could call your gender "mayonnaise". But no mayonnaise is not a gender. "The behavioral, cultural, or psychological traits typically associated with one sex" is another gender definition in the oxford dictionary. Sex is determined by the genitalia, mayonnaise does not have genitalia so therefore it cannot have a sex, and therefore NOT a gender.
Bexy Soy No, incorrect. Gender and Sex are actually the same thing, but because the leftists had not wanted their poor feelings declined, they had put two different things. Let me repeat, two different things, that in the end are the same. Gender/Sex are the same thing in mostly every single language, except for English and a few others. Without even being biological, we all know there are two genders. When you’re born, you’re a female or Male. That’s all.
Is horse radish a gender?
You left out shitpost online to let off steam. Post some Pepe's.
The one true cure
dude are you new? Pepe's yuge right now.
bitterherbs94 lol
+Elliot Rodger Go back to your containment board pls
best part is that pepe's been around for almost a decade lmao
"-phobe" means fear. Where did they get hate from this.
Jp Jp I've been wondering the same thing. Nobody seems to have a good answer.
Ronin Elenion
I know, right?!
Right??!
"-phobe" can mean intolerance and aversion too. It's not an "only mean" suffix.
Silver Wolf No. "Phobia" is the definition of "irrational fear". Fear should never be associated with hate.
where the hell was this 5 years ago? I had to survive a 4-year liberal arts university
It was rough
Quick question, and no offense intended, but why would you take a course like that? Di you have to?
I left the military and wanted to attend a top political science program. The school I chose had a great program. The dept. professors were fairly conservative. The rest of the campus however was taught by far left liberals, and the student body reflected that as well.
Ah, I see. I'm in the ninth grade, so I'm starting to make my decisions on college now.
Bradshaw1212Plays MC Pick a school with opportunity for work study to keep your student loans low, and know what you want to do before you get there. A lot of kids come to college with no clue, and they end up changing their major half way through, which is really expensive in the long term and sets you back
As a conservative, I am willing to work, socialize and live among those with differing points of views. Just wonder why those on the left won't do same
Erich L. Ruehs I’m slightly left leaning, but I live with all viewpoints. My best friend is conservative.
@@welove2134 I shake your hands and cry
Most leftists have less that three brain cells and only care to listen to like minded individuals.
Probably because their viewpoints used to (and still tries to) make entire groups of people illegal
I remember my teachers showing me Hillary Clinton propaganda in class. We all hated her for that. And we all continuously got into arguments with her. A lot of our teachers are either liberals, or feminists. I constantly got into arguments with them but I always quit before I got to my main points because I was always afraid of them writing me up for a detention.
Kaleb Masters , know exactly how you feel... hang on brother
why are you afraid of speaking up? i thought it was "conservative" to not care about offending people with your views. more like cuckservative
He was in a position where he is unequal, his teacher being above him. It's called obeying school rules. Kind of like how you don't disrespect your professor or other lecturer.
Remember, you have free speech say whatever needs to be said
I almost lost my cool when 6 students started to yell at me that abortions are fine, because the baby doesnt have a brain yet... thats just a horrible thing to say! A cell is still a living being, just as much as a 1 year old.
When you have to deal with this in middle school
Same
I remember being called a racist in junior high because I said I wouldn't vote for Obama because I didn't like his policies. Freedom of speech and freedom of thought keep me from believing in ideals that make no economic and/or moral sense.
Once you start working, you'll start seeing more like-minded views because capitalism doesn't work on Leftist principles.
same once i told my friend i was republican and she was like yOu liKe dOnAld tRuMp hEs rAcisT
shes black idk if that matter but she is really sensitive about that stuff
anyways i told her some facts and she was just like
iM tRiGGered
iM tRiGgeRed
iM triGgEreD
a lot of times. anyways i dont talk about that anymore.
I have ONE MORE STRATEGY:DISAGREE with the teacher at the CLASS BUT in the TEST write what the teacher AGREE AND DEFEND
Eu tenho MAIS UMA ESTRATÉGIA:DISCORDE do professor na AULA MAS na PROVA escreva tudo o que ele DEFENDE e CONCORDA
Oh yea oh yea?
The fact that we need a survival guide to be a republican is actually really saddening
I have ONE MORE STRATEGY:DISAGREE with the teacher at the CLASS BUT in the TEST write what the teacher AGREE AND DEFEND
Eu tenho MAIS UMA ESTRATÉGIA:DISCORDE do professor na AULA MAS na PROVA escreva tudo o que ele DEFENDE e CONCORDA
You dont need it at all. Prager U is just trying to make you afraid like all other right wing forces. No one will judge you as long as you're not an obnoxious asshole
Michael Conley Jr.
actually, I’m just in high school and just saying something that sounds conservative gets the students mad at me and I can see that teachers are usually liberals. Also, from my experience, girls tend to be liberals and most of the people in my schools are girls. And all of the school administration is women. There are only three male teachers and my school is from pre-K all the way up to 12th grade. Therefore, there are many liberals, it’s not because the girls are stupid, it’s because girls tend to be less skeptical, so when a teacher says “women get paid less”, girls will just believe it without any evidence.
@@liondeluxe3834 I really dont see the problem if u dont want people getting mad at u dont talk politics, if u wanna talk politics just deal with it
It says A LOT about the "tolerant" left. They're the same all over the world: they hate whites, they hate anyone who doesn't bend over backwards and spread their buttcheeks for their destructive policies, they always blame the president for events that have NOTHING to do with him just because he's not a dirty Liberal like Butthurt Obama.
RANDOM ANECDOTE: Ever since I read "1984" by George Orwell, leftist intolerance for contrary opinion at school makes me feel like I'm committing a thought crime every time I think in a conservative fashion.
George Orwell is the ONLY leftist i respect, He warned us about Radical Leftism
Same man, I read that book in high school and today reminds me so much of it.
Well I'm at an agricultural college in southern Georgia, so the liberals are by far the minority.
I'm independent but agree with most conservative ideas.
"independent but agree with most conservative ideas". Thats a great position to have, and one that more people should have. Nothing gets done in politics becuase no one listens to each other and its in large part due to people calling themselves "proud republicans/democrats". it makes them less open to other views. be independent, make up your mind about each policy and if you end up supporting mostly conservative ideas thats ok!
+Austin Hernández I'm in the same boat (independent with conservative ideas), we are a dying breed in our age group. forming your own political opinions instead of being forced feed media garbage makes you a outsider nowadays.
Same.(about being an independent that agrees with most conservative ideas)
I tried that, but I agree with 95% of what Republicans say, so I stick with them.
+mohamulator some examples include free market (anti-Socialism/communism), less taxes, bringing back Judeo-Christian values, and smaller government power.
Meanwhile at Berkeley
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Conservative student: So I-
All radical liberals within two mile radius: (Unpronounceable Screeching)
This made my day
Reminds of the one chick at UCLA chick who threw a trash can and screamed like a banshee.
I still remember my Ancient Literature class my freshman year. The professor was, as usual, liberal but he was also VERY knowledgable about his material. He was also infamous for being an incredibly harsh grader, even among the Honors College professors. Among the ancient texts we studied was the Bible, and he knew the words inscribed within better than anyone in the classroom (even though the wisdom of such words eluded him). This was exasperated by the fact that right about half of the students were Christians (I know, I went to church with them all). Yet no one else came to the Bible's defense or really even participated in class discussions all that much. In fact, it was really only myself and this one atheist girl who actively participated in class discussions.
So right about the week or so before finals, after an extensive debate about the Bible and the morals tought within it, he pulled me aside after the bell rang. Previously in the course I had demonstrated a great capacity for logical deduction and intellectual rigor through my diligent classwork and class discussions. He asked me "You're so smart... do you really believe in this book?" Without hesitation I responded "Absolutely" and walked out. But it was the way he asked it that sticks out in my memory. It wasn't incredulous, accusatory, or derisive. He was honestly confused. It sounded like he had developed a notion that Christians were stupid, weak-willed, and weak-minded people, and my passionate and logical defense of my beliefs was causing some internal conflict.
I don't know what happened to him after that. I remember being one of only two people to earn an A in that course, but that's not important. I can only hope that through my words and actions I sowed the seeds that would eventually bring him to Jesus Christ.
Amazing story.
Great story. Us Muslims also believe in the Bible and Jesus Christ. Blessed be the Man and blessed be the Book.
Great story
God bless, that's great that you got to witness to him like that through your intelligence in a classroom setting😏👍🏻 Not a lot of people get to do that.
Amazing story btw!❤
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The problem is many people think
conservative= nazi, homophobe, racist etc.
And I think it's also a huge problem that many celebrities say that too.
And everything that is not extreme right wing is considered communism
This is marxist ideology infiltrated in our education system..so many of the youth are brainwashed indoctrinated they can't think for themselves
It's sad that this is needed.
Not needed.... its propaganda with no basis. The facts debunk conservatives every time.
@@freethoughtgreg6424 ...except conservatives tend to have more common sense, unlike liberals. Thus, the situation of a conservative not providing facts is very unlikely.
Can you demonstrate that conservatives have more common sense? Which conservative principals are backed by common sense and facts?
Most western societies are politically left of the USA and they have objectively better societal health by many standards.
@@freethoughtgreg6424 I did not say conservative principals are backed by common sense; I said that conservatives have more common sense than "liberals". (Also fyi, neither do the left's principals.)
And yes, I can demonstrate that conservatives have more common sense. Let's talk about the 2016 elections. Now, when Obama got elected, no right wing supporter rioted or demanded a recount. But when Trump got elected, the left rioted and demanded recounts. The left lost and threw temper tantrums just because Hitllary didn't win. That, at least for me, doesn't show me common sense at all.
1. This "people complained when trump won but not when obama won" is factually false, and is an assertion and an anecdote
2.trump is an actual criminal, he is actively creating a swamp in washington, ramping up needless wars and casualties, botching relationships with unstable dictators, and is openly oppressing LGBT and non-christians. I would hope people would throw fits about him running the country.
3. If you can not actually demonstrate that conservatives have more common sense, then dont assert that
4. Liberalism correlates positively with being educated and non-religious, so i already have a case over you that liberals have more common sense.
I argued my Diversity instructor (who had a phD in social sciences) into defending ISIS with his own flawed logic. Hopefully the students saw the idiocy of his doctrine.
Well that is pretty funny.
clever but did he retaliate on you with the grades etc?
I argued the president into defending Nazi's oh wait no he did that himself
MrElionor triggered lol
+Billy Dank Lord of The Memes
No one is going to take you seriously with that name and picture
Real guide:
Oppress liberals
Argument with your socialist history teacher
Escape from being lynched by ANTIFA militants and angry communists
Tell cops that the marxist dude you hate smokes weed
Graduate
Be rich
Be an example of how capitalism works
Laugh at your old schoolmates
Done
Note: simulation is only accurate for brazil
Huehuehuehue, estudei numa escola com tanto professor comunista achincalhando a crise do capitalismo (sobre 2008) e falando como o Brasil liderado por Lula e Dilma "escaparam da crise", certa vez disse a um deles que tudo o que os dois fizeram foi atrasar o inevitável, e que o Brasil entraria em uma recessão histórica, riram da minha cara, como eu queria ver eles hoje, kkkkkkkkkk
hahaha, boa Douglas.
O que me entristece hoje é ver nas pesquisas que acabaram de sair para as próximas eleições que os comunistas estão na frente em muitas capitais. Não sei o que acontece! Depois de tudo que aconteceu nos últimos anos :(
sounds like a plan
Guilherme Santos Pra mim não é surpresa, desde as eleições eu tinha notado que os protestos eram contra a corrupção e não contra as ideias do PT, a ver o alto número de "socialistas fabianos" nos protestos, a "direita tucana" é um exemplo, kkkkkkk, só no Brasil mesmo social democrata ser de direita!
In my country every teacher is communist and our books are full of texts written by Karl Marx😭. Save me.
Which country are you from?
@@shervinsaharkhiz2938 Brazil
All baf
Greek name? Kostas o Zexi?
Haven't they figured out that Marx got out wrong yet? Look at Stalin's Russia for one example.
That feeling when you're a centrist.
You're either dismissed by both sides or hated by both
YYYEEEEPPPP!!
Vijay C. I’ve found the conservatives in leftist dominated institutions are more than happy to be your friends. You probably share similar values with them about freedom and open discourse. I don’t know your experience thought
Vijay C. Not really conservatives are different from alt right, so you got nothing to worry. We'll be your friends happily. 😃
Babylon liberalism these days are far left
I got called a liptard and a facist on the same day...
Is it weird that I'm becoming very interested in politics and related topics at the age of 15? I feel very out of place from many of my piers at school who go with the popular viewpoint in my area, and am often ridiculed for my views, having formed a conservative mindset through evaluations of both left and right viewpoints, but know matter how much I stay calm and try to talk about any opinions, I am just immediately labeled as either racist or sexist or just stupid.
Nah man, I'm 14 my self and I'm interested too.
No, nothing weird about that at all.
If you are immediately labeled racist, sexist, or stupid, you are winning the argument.
+rdrift1879 thanks for the advice lol
r/iamverysmart
Studying in the usa must be more traumatic than taking part in the vietnam war it seems
they say the left tends to exaggerate, but really it's a trait of both
It's not an exaggeration to say that most faculty are on the left, it's a fact. And there are a million examples of them allowing or even encouraging the students to shut down opposing (conservative) ideas. So yes college can be a bit of a hostile environment for a conservative.
A hostile environment to anyone not part of the religion of the 21st century. Pleasure and indulgence. To any thinking, moral being.
how so? there was no demonization nor any aggresive statements made about the universities. It was just a guide for conservative students in the now more liberally-prolific universities.
Nope not traumatic at all and the food and beer is way better. No need for safe spaces at universities in my opinion.
It’s hard being a conservative in California, especially when you’re in high school. All my peers think they know what’s best, and I used to think that way too, but I realized that no one was gonna do shit about the way I felt. I’m mexican, parents were illegals, grew up in the ghettos, never had shit because my family was poor, parents were working 2 jobs each to provide for me and my 6 siblings, and people still got the nerve to call me out for my political beliefs. My family is doing much better now; my parents didn’t wait for shit to get handed to them, and people still like to think that they know me lmao
Wow
Respect bruh
Yes!
Why would a college student want to be a liberal or a conservative? By choosing a single camp, we limit our ability to learn about and experience different social and political views. I prefer the following advices: Be open-minded, think critically, do not isolate yourself.
not that simple anymore, everything is too politicized to stay neutral, which is a really damn shame honestly. if anything i'd like to be taught what i need so i can get out into the workforce, not be force feed ideological shit from the SJW professor down the hall.
Daarkmana you gotta choose a side sooner or later!!
Nobody really chooses. It's not much of a choice, you choose to say you are either, but what you believe really defines which one you are. You can believe in a lot from each side too, and just be center.
Daarkmana my thing is I'm conservative but I'm open to new ideas as long as facts support them. Liberals used to be that way but not anymore
Why would a college student want to be ANYTHING? I grew up steeped in the stereotypical "Generation X" culture that painted all teenagers as lazy and apathetic. I always thought such people were pretty dumb, but at least they were (usually) nice people when you got to know them. But then all those Gen-X'ers grew up to become cranky ideologues (centrists on balance, although they have shifted sharply to the right compared to their younger years), and while they are no longer "dumb," they certainly are ignorant.
True story:
In my college Spanish course, halfway through the semester, someone didn't like that the professor didn't inherently know their preferred gender, and got up and left the class in a huff one day out of no where with no warning. We were all literally trying to figure out what had gone wrong. When someone had pieced it together that they were non-binary, our professora (literally the sweetest professor you could ask for) actually rushed out of the room to try and hunt "them" down in order to apologize to "them". Next class, I arrived to find a note taped to the empty room explaining that our professora had been removed (obviously for "insensitivity") and that we were going to be assigned a brand new one. But don't worry. This is a happy ending. A bunch of us banded together to write to the department chair to get our professora reinstated by giving our side of what actually happened and we won. Our professora returned while the other person did not and good riddance because this is not how you win allies. The war on basic reality is real. So stay vigilant my friends. God bless.
That is a great story! God was on the side of that professora :)
This story is inspiring. Espero que tu profesora esté bien!!
i literally did not know what a liberal and a conservative meant until i got to college. My 2 English teachers in my first year of college were horrible feminists who literally found a new way to complain about the government every other day.
Wow where were you before college to not know what liberals and conservatives are? (No offense, honestly curious. I don't see how that's possible)
Same Here
@@MilesHacker i graduated in 2015 so obama was looked as a hero and non of my high school teachers were political until my 12th grade year, but that was my economics teacher. Also i didnt care about politics until 2016.
Buttery Skater Yet those Feminists want more Government since their Liberals and Liberals want more Government which makes those Feminists hypocrites which is making me laugh.
I’m just lucky that most kids at my school seem to be Conservative and my teachers show zero political bias
I'm still in high school but I feel like this applies to me as well. Thank you so much, Prager U.
I am a 15 year old conservative in high school... I have already master all of these rules.
@em ! do your parents know? If not, and they are left wing, don’t tell you parents! You don’t want division in your own childhood house. If they are liberals they will most likely try to convince you every day that you are wrong. If not m, count yourself lucky as you are free to express you political views at home
@em ! talking about school, never mention your own political viewpoints. If somebody like a teacher or student asks you about some political event it’s something just go “I don’t know much about politics and I don’t care” or just go along with what they are saying and be like “yea, yea true”. Not more, no less you can do man.
I consider my self a "left" person, but i really can't over the fact that there is so much hate towards right wing. Why can't everyone respect each other ideas? Freedom of speech also means that people shouldn't be judged (or socially isolated) upon political views. I admire the firmness and passion about some right wing exponents as much as i admire the progressiveness and tolerance of the left wing.
When america was being formed George Washington stated that the absolute worst way america could be formed was with two opposing ideals in government. Also whenever the founding fathers killed one another over political disputes it was always the leftist who started this (and i am taking into account the fact that the names and meanings of these terms swapped over the years)
we are a young democracy, we just need a couple more hundred years to grow
How does social alienation usurp someone's rights?
"I really can't over the fact that there is so much *hate* towards right wing" "I admire the progressiveness and *tolerance* of the left wing" XD
ethan finley What's so funny about being functionally illiterate? I Stated in the previous sentence that i was referring to SOME exponents of BOTH factions. You want me to draw it for you?
As a child, I was taught that resorting to insults and name-calling meant you'd lost the argument/debate.
Question everything assume nothing always remain open minded and you will find you move more towards the centre and don't class yourself as LEFT WING or RIGHT WING
if you're too open minded your brain will fall out
+Old Longfellow ha!
While this is without a doubt a virtue, let me ask you about things such as islam.. how many open minded people had their minds opened all over airports and shopping malls recently?
Are you linking open minded with left wing? Really? One who is truly open minded will know that Islam is one of the biggest to the west. Many of the CLOSED minded left won't acknowledge the threat of Islam. The more open minded I become the more I see the threat of Islam but the more I read the more I see the threat of government and banks. The more you read the harder you find it to fit any side of the political spectrum. I myself would say I lean to the right mostly but agree with some left wing ideas.
Joseff Dunn the left wing likes to tout itself as being the most open minded party. full of love and hope and unicorn farts.
This makes people who lean left alienated. There are many people who lean left but still have depth. And no, being conservative doesn't make you a free thinker because, you, as a person make yourself a free thinker, not the political beliefs.
In India, most professors are right leaning.
is India good for foreign students?
That’s good.
Bharat Jayetu
Problem is that they maybe be Right Wing but they aren't Politically Conservative. The tend to be just socially Conservative on some issues
@@chadcj2077 I'm not talking about JNU or JU. That's completely exception.
Opening as conservative is harder than operning as gay these days
Gays can be out in the open, but conservatives have to stay in the closet. Its unfair.
awww someone has a major victim mentality
@@elizabethbuhr3124 victim mentality my ass
"pretty much anything with the word 'studies' after it..." That made me laugh, but importantly: degrees in "______ Studies" also happen to be the most useless degrees in existence.
Throughout my early school career, I always thought of social studies class (which is what it was usually called) as synonymous with history class. Is it not?
@@andylutz3505 that's what I thought too, I guess social studies has a bit more to do with the different social groups that have existed, while history is the umbrella that can be specialized
I remember in my late 20s, feeling somewhat frustrated and disillusioned when I went to church, or especially Bible study. We'd discuss what we were studying, and people would always applaud my insight - when the truth was, everything I was talking about was readily available to everyone else there, in the same Scriptures. The phrase, "Get on my level," didn't really exist back then, but if it had, I would have applied it liberally.
A couple years later, I found myself hanging out with a bunch of liberals on the regular. Most nights we just drank coffee and shot the breeze, but often we would discuss politics and religion, and my views stood in stark contrast to theirs. But what kept me coming back instead of getting frustrated and writing them off, were the questions. Rather than simply dismiss my views, these guys wanted to know why I believed as I did, and asked probing questions concerning my convictions. This forced me to find answers to those questions - and, as I did so, it not only deepened my own faith, but opened doors for me to discuss my faith with those who didn't necessarily share it. It strengthed my resolve, and gave me opportunity to evangelize in a very real way.
My advice to young people is this - find allies and draw strength from them; but make a point of finding also someone who challenges you. Find that friendly rival, someone you can share a cordial relationship with, but who doesn't necessarily see things your way. Listen carefully to that rival's questions, and consider carefully how best to answer them. Hold forum, seek input, and research your own side as though you were the enemy, looking for chinks in your own armor. Let the challenges of those who disagree be your opportunity to shine. Maybe then, your fellows will start to get on your level.
You have no idea how much better this video made me feel. Thank you Prageru!
When I toured my college, I saw some posters that said this:
“Undocumented migrants week: This college stands with all migrants.”
“No human is illegal.”
“Dear African/Latino/LGBT/Asian students: Your lives matter.”
“Fight back against Israeli apartheid.”
I’m starting in January. Wish me luck 😂
How is that turning out for you so far?
And why are you against this?! No wonder we liberals will bully you
@@gforce97 why bully someone for their personal opinions?
Bryan Gonzalez the irony of using the word “liberal” and “bully”
@@mathisr.44 she is leftist so it is into her dna to bully someone because of his different opinions
my high school is 95% liberal
AgentBubbles
That is really sad. Why would they just give up on 5% of students like that?
95% of people dont want to drink the conservative koolaid. Good on them.
It’s all good bro
You probably live in a blue state. I had to survive that.
@@huntrrams I live in Indiana, a red-state. I am so lucky and thankful for that.
This is a rule for life as a conservative. Great job man!
I keep my mouth shut when teachers say bs, I swear at classmates talking rubbish inside my head and I have no friends.
No regrets.
Thank you so much for this video! Last August, I was extremely discouraged by the constant targeting, when I had listened patiently, hadn't shared my own opinions on politics, but still felt targeted by questions I had to answer honestly. It was like I had "conservative constitutionalist" written on my forehead. I wanted to still be respectful of my instructors, but couldn't compromise my beliefs/views. And felt like the only way they would leave me alone was agreeing with them. Which was NOT an option. But after talking with my mom about my frustration with my first month as a college freshman. I came on UA-cam and found this video. And I have now finished out my public speaking class, with a very outspoken environmental liberal instructor, who listened well and would hear me out. Even after covering hard political topics which he encouraged and was excited to hear. And was amazed I was only 18. Thank you so much for helping me through this semester! It turned into a very good one! So encouraging to see other people my age are equally motivated to speak up!
With the rise of feminism, the best way to survive at university, and to survive and thrive in life, is to go MGTOW.
too late
+KnifeToYourFace So what? Like there's a big carrot in the end of the stick.
who cares about that
+KnifeToYourFace Appealing to emotion. How pathetic. Also, is having a bone deformity a genetic advancement? You want to fix this hellhole you call civilization? Be my moronic guest!
I have no problem with women, yet am conservative, maybe you're doing it wrong?
thanks for making this video PragerU I'm a conservative student
you help me so much
Good luck with that
Me too
Hello fellow seattleite! I feel your pain
You shouldve ran the ball.
Thank God for this. It's so hard for me to not say anything when some of my teachers bash conservative views and President Trump. Right now, I'm in 8th grade and I'm planning to study politics in college. Once, my one teacher called Trump & his supporters, bigots. I just shook my head and stayed quiet because I knew, as a conservative, she would fire back at me for expressing my views.
High schooler here. Do your teachers give you detentions/bad grades if you argue with their ideologies? My teachers all have leftist views, but as long as you discuss it with them in a civil manner in class, its ok.
I went right at them head on when I was in school. As an engineering student, we still had to take lunatic liberal classes. I shot down every liberal talking point that the professors put forward.
Keep on soldier
And then everyone clapped.
I know it's been 10 months, but I'd love to hear a story or two of one of these experiences, if you don't mind!
I like the way he says "ideological."
or maybe don't make everything about politics, unless it's a debate or a mature conversation?
Students themselved hardly do make it about politics . That piece of advice would be more useful if directed to some professors.
since getting a degree usually takes 4 years, one of those years will be an election year
As a current college student, my experience is that students often make it about politics.
I'm only in high school and some of my teachers are passive-aggressively pushing a left agenda on my peers and I, and it's a rural-ish school. The education system is screwed.
So how do you take a class about history, politics, or economics without having a political discussion at least once exactly? Seeing as universities have core requirements which force students to take at least one of these classes, this is good advice.
sheesh man I never knew it was that serious...
as a conservative, I can tell you that there is serious bias in education.
i asked a middle eastern girl last year why she didn't eat pork. she said because of her religion. i inquired further "yes but why?". then got verbally assaulted and called a bigot by an SJW who wasn't even part of the conversation. i then proceeded to pwn him in a debate and was able explain that my inquiry was about the religious reason for not eating pork. the SJW skulked away and the middle eastern girl explained that it was because pigs are religiously seen as unclean.
The reason they didn't eat pork was because pork couldn't be cleaned like it can today and would often kill those who ate it, much like bottom feeding fish and insects. many people didn't understand this at the time so it was simply said, don't eat pork.
I've read that there are cases of people failing because they didn't prescribe to the belief system of the teacher. I've actually gotten lower grades, not because I wrote the papers wrong, but because I adhered to a different belief system.
+khfan4life365 I had an English class once and the teacher was from India. she basically made the whole class into a Hindu religion type of thing and she gave me bad grades because we couldn't agree on certain things. I thought that she would be grading me based on my work but instead I soon realized I was being graded based upon my beliefs. it's sad man
Excellent video. Hope conservative students all over the country successfully navigate the horrible college campus environment we currently have.
I've found that community colleges tend to be more conservative.
You think?
I guess that's why Trump is going to be president. Despite the propaganda machine of the media and education being liberal, the American people are still mostly conservative.
Soul Chicken I was talking about the Professors. My theory is that after you've been denied tenure at a major university for being That Guy. The only place you can get a job is at a CC.
I transferred from community college into a four-year university, and I agree with this.
HIKIGAYA HACHIMAN! SORE ARU
There's something that bugs me about PragerU and Americans in general: they refer to trendy lefties as liberals - liberalism has got nothing to do with left and right
The terms may be used differently in other parts of the world, but that's just how it's used and commonly understood here in the US. I'm not sure that you'll be able to turn the entire nation's way of thinking around.
US politics are all in the right of political spectrum. Liberalism is in the center-right, while conservatism is far right. That's why in US their liberal movement is left-wing. It's left wing for them, right wing for the rest of the world.
There's a four point square - authoritarian to individualist, far left (communist/total state) to far right (no state).
The problems today are not classic liberals who often want a large state to take care of people and control some things compared to conservatives who want a smaller state and larger alternative institutions. It is the authoritarian left that says the state has to be huge AND want state power to force everyone to agree with them, then attack all groups and institutions that don't align.
Conservatives don't care if liberals live in a commune in the woods or their liberal newspapers, conservatives have theirs. Liberals usually don't care if conservatives have their religious private schools aside from public though push out conservative religious groups in school.
It is the authoritarian that has repeatedly tried to enroll young children of homosexuals in private schools that teach traditional values, then rush to the media and send death threats to schools that decline the enrollment. (Happened at a private religious school near us, in the name of love, the LBGT allies threatened to burn down a school with 200+ kids inside to wipe out the haters' children). If the school admits the child, then they show this crying 6-7 year old that these mean people teach that Mommy and Mommy are bad, you have to change your teachings. Don't change it, and they sue. It isn't the classic liberal live and let live, it is get out of the public square to your enclaves, then show up at the enclaves and demand that even that be shut down.
The same is true with the SJWs showing up at conservative events with airhorns or actually blocking entry of the audience, denying others freedom of speech and assembly in the name of fighting hate. It is the authoritarian left that in the name of helping various victim groups seeks to police speech of others with the state power to financially punish those who disagree. That is fascism.
I take US history in high school and I'm glad that I have a great teacher who doesn't express any political bias. One of her parents also served in the US air force.
I’m not PragerU fan but this needs to be shown to every college freshman before entering campus
If your being called any of the above in 2:24 , the easiest way to counter these accusations is to ask if they have proof of this or not. Works extraordinary well against them. Bonus points for getting it all on camera.
I must say in college my favorite classes were the ones that had conservative/republican professors. Here you have a more educated and wiser conservative professor who would own any of us one on one. But against 20+ young liberal college students it's a fair match and made for some great discussion and learning opportunities. It's a shame that conservative professors are being scrutinized.
In my literature class at a Christian school, I sat next to a kid who was obviously not Christian. He was visibly upset the whole time the teacher talked from a Christian view point. I guess they can’t take their own medicine. Thank you for this guide! 💪💪
Instead of hardening a position and dividing, let yourself be challenged and challenge others. Make friends, connections, and isolate ideology from these. I’m very liberal, but have friends that are extremely conservative and even socialists. I’ve learned so much from them, and have had lots of laughs and good times.
Try and connect beyond dissenting viewpoints, and your life will be enriched with perspective and understanding just by understanding the variety of opinion in the country today.
EXACTLY, I used to be deep in the conservative circle and all it took was for me to actually listen to the other side to drop the right entirely. They make videos like this because they know all it takes is for a conservative to actually listen and be open to new ideas for them to stop being a conservative. Videos like this make conservatives so stubborn and completely unopen to anything that isn’t far right wing, and I should know. This shit messed me up for years
@@thiccchungo1041 I still have friends that remain deeply conservative. Far right (even far left) ideology needs an opposition, good and evil. You sit them down and realise the world isn’t going to hell and we’re all just people who want the best for ourselves and our families.
Ned's declassified conservative students survival guide
Make a survival guide for middle and high school. It has come to the point where this is really necessary.
Just be normal.
@@minhtrietvo8448 but when we say being straight is normal you guys say: well being normal is boring. So no I won't
@@nickverse3463 Not really, people have been gay throughout history way before LGBT movement came around.
@@minhtrietvo8448 ok name someone
@@nickverse3463 Baron Friedrich von Steuben is a military officer during the Revolutionary War and played a major role in disciplining Washington's troops that lead to their victory. He is also openly gay, which the Prussian military (where he's from) punishes him for. George Washington see past his gender identity and accepted him into the military and later got him an important position in the early American government.
I’m in middle school and luckily for me almost everybody is one the right. It’s not gonna last forever though.
nice.
Yeah, I’m in junior high, and the majority of people in our school’s student vote voted for the conservatives. Conservatives like pretending they’re the minority in most places, but here (Alberta) is Liberals are by far the minority.
We need this kind of information now more than anytime else
Y'all should make a video that show both left and right point of views. And make it educational for both sides. To help future voters make smart decisions no matter of of what side you on.
Majority of all universities and colleges are left leaning. Same goes for news media and social media. There is enough videos of left point of views out there. They don't need another.
Its impossible to avoid a leftist view point though, its everywhere you look, like ganthore said, its all over the mainstream news and social media. Leftist views are promoted whereas conservative views tend to be censored or suppressed.
I've yet to see a liberal channel also provide a conservative view and discuss it with an open mind. Thats why we need as bigger voice as possible to be heard above the noise, this is actually part of what gives rise to the far right in my opinion. I used to consider myself dead centre but the crazier the shit I heard coming from the left over the past decade or so the more it pushed me over to the right, as that tends to be where the common sense view is as opposed to the 'feel good factor' of virtuousness.
I'm studying to be an art teacher, and the sad reality is that, people who's in the Right side of the political side of the spectrum is demonized.
I agree with this video, WORK hard guys, it's not impossible.
Yes I agree people call me racist either way for being conservative despite being hispanic. People seem don't understand why I am conservative. I used be a spoil liberal until I got my 1st job in high school. From then on I understand the true value of hard work and responsibles.
@@javiersaenz1040 Dude. You can be hispanic and still be racist.
@@neofinnelythethird I've read many of the comments in this video, and have noticed you quite a lot. What is your purpose here? Just to tell everyone they're wrong and you're right because you know 100% that that is the absolute truth? That is certainly what you have made yourself out to be. Tone it down with the insults and general disrespect. If you want to argue with someone, you don't start with an insult.
Andy Lutz Bro... I just told him a fact. Jesus
@@neofinnelythethird I was not only talking about this one comment.
Thank god I am doing maths when i go to university and not something like English or sociology.
I am from Brazil and soon I will be in an American College. PragerU is great. Thank you for advices.
Hopefully you're not going to Berkeley where half of Rio and SP go. Lol.
@@zoso73 oh no, I am going to Maryland
@@cjs21453 you will be fine there. (i studied law in the DC area.) They're not Leftist crazy in Maryland like in NY, New England and the West Coast. Boa sorte.
@@zoso73 I am glad to hear it, the county where I am going to live is strongly conservative, Harford
Just ignore it and go on and focus on getting your degree
based?
This is hilarious & just vague enough to prevent counter points
3:47 "you may be an ideological minority, but youre not alone"
The most wanted video.. 100% to pragerU.. I am a conservative student
Now, I need a Liberal High School Survival Guide, I’m dying out here.
This helped me a lot even though I'm only in high school
Better advice: go to a real college that that will actually help you succeed in life and won't look like an embarrassment on your resume.
That's what most Conservatives and Liberals do in the United States of America (USA in short).
my grade 12 drama teacher debated me on budget deficits and it lead to nowhere... she wants more money to be invested in mental health, and I was not against it, she fought me anyway, it ended up more then half the class supported me for lower taxes, paying of deficit, and to build a better future for the next generation
i wanted to enroll on a political science course on my 2nd year and then I saw feminism and social justice on the course syllabus, i changed my mind after that lol
If the university started teaching the nazi ideology, and you rightfully didnt want to go there for that reason, would your lame ass comment still apply ? Same principle with feminism/SJW.
@This Guy
Implying we don't hear about that shit every single day since birth already.
That doesn't mean that the professor is going to support those ideologies. The fact is that there are people who believe that so it must be taught what those people believe. How else can you decide if you agree or disagree with them? You may know the basis of those groups, but it's doubtful you know everything. And it's likely the professor doesn't agree with them either.
Tony Boy I just don't want to waste my time and money, that's all
+Django Fandango The point of taking college classes is to learn new things. I can't say anything on feminism or social justice as it's taught at a college, because I've never taken those classes, but I've taken enough college classes to know to not make assumptions about knowledge and perspectives will be conveyed to me. For example, I had to take an Art Appreciation class. I thought this was stupid because I felt it wasted time that could be spent on major required courses, and who was anyone to tell me how to appreciate art? But what we actually learned was the history of art and how early art often served not as art as we know it, but was used to convey information, laws, historical record, and beliefs. Art was the first form of written communication, and often was the only record of social perceptions of societies. It wasn't really until recently that the idea of art for art's sake came about. Anyway, I really enjoyed the class. You really don't know what a class is like until you take it.
I wish to know a Republican based college that I could go to. Please help.
My Personal Answer to Myself: stop giving people respect they don't deserve. When you fear other people you are taking away from your faith. Love everyone. The only enemies we have are the ones we create. Don't let human ideals stop you from becoming the person you were meant to be. Regardless of sides. 🙄
Have you considered Texas A&M?
@@javiersaenz1040 I've lost interest. Not in the college thing necessarily. My advice is to learn to not fear other people because we're all imperfect. You can guide other people but what's the difference if you aren't heading in the right direction for certain. Go to school keep your mouth closed and speak when you know it's your place. Not only that but I've become a lot less aligned with ideals and politics and became more intertwined with right and wrong and faith. We gotta stop treating everyone like our enemies. It doesn't do anything but create actual enemies.
@@channel-rk7vx I mean I appreciate it. I'm good with the direction I took.
Hillsdale College
A liberal kid is one of those who tend to say “I want to be different (like everybody else).” A conservative kid is just...well, different.
Professor Woessner,
Thank you. Very helpful and well stated.
Its so sad that you need to seek out a survival guide just to feel comfortable on college and universities
Dear fellows of PragerU , I'm so glad for this video!!!
We in Brazil, suffered in all Public Universities, the biased teaching.....that 'socialism/comunism' is "cool"......
I have survived - critically independent - for 4 years (Biology!), but most of my friends still think and voted for the most corrupt government of all time -check for yourselves! (Lula - who is in jail - and his party PT - 'Workers Party').
Now, we have, for the first time a 'right-wing' presitent. Jair Bolsonaro.
The fact is that our professors in Brazil (all levels!) still 'teach' what we call 'Gramschism". (From the italian comunist Antonio Gramschi).
Could you make a video-class about his doctrine!??
I will be pleased!!!
Thanks a lot!!!
I could make a video for my own if you prefer! (I'm very articulated and know a lot about his doctrine and the effects in our educational system!). Anyway, reach me if you need any information - I have a lot! - from 'biased curriculums' to bullying etc!!
Real guide
Step 1: Sow mouth shut. If you can't speak you can't offend.
Step 2: Cut off hands. People may find certain hand gestures offensive.
Step 3: Where buzzfeed merch wherever you go.
Hopefully you can live to see the day you graduate with these tips.
DYE YOUR HAIR
Radicalism isn't conservative but I understand the "suggestion" of this comment.
To Those Who Don't Understand The Irony:
Following those 3 steps would make you "unable" to offend Liberals.
Thank you, Sir! Young daughter off to school next fall, and will surely need this excellent advice.
THATS what i call parenting
I reminisce my college year. Lots of justice students harass one conservertive male student, reveal his profile to public and gossip him very badly. I just stayed silent. I felt it's not right, but I didn't want to make enemy.
"When you are silent in situations of injustice, you have taken the side of the oppressor."
-Desmond Tutu
'Evil triumphs when good men do nothing.' I sympathize with your situation, I've been on both sides of it. But letting others be bullied means the bullies win.
0:58 I swear that was the sound a Minecraft chicken makes
I just pretended to be left-wing during my college years...it's surprisingly easily to pick-up the political correctness and stress over global warming
Wish I saw this a year ago, I am currently going to college at a community college for Business Administration and have encountered issues described here many times. Oddly enough I actually encountered a left leaning instructor that actually listened to alternate views and made him think about the topic differently.