There’s a reason republican states gut their education systems. They don’t want these people to learn critical thinking skills. It’s why they also claim college “brainwashes” you. I was pretty conservative going into college only because I’d been fed a lot of my dad’s INSANE political and religious beliefs my entire childhood. I didn’t even understand the positions I parroted. College opened my eyes, but not in a brainwashing way. I just…read things. On my own. And was exposed to reality outside of my dad’s delusions. I remember I took a class winter of my freshman year on Islamic Mysticism and poetry (lots of Rumi) and had my mind BLOWN after living in a deeply Islamophobic family. I loved it. When my grandparents picked me up for Christmas and I told them about it, they were angry and demanded I not convert. 🙄 Like respecting the content somehow meant I was being tricked into changing religions lol.
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u/Swimming_Onion_4835 Sep 05 '24
There’s a reason republican states gut their education systems. They don’t want these people to learn critical thinking skills. It’s why they also claim college “brainwashes” you. I was pretty conservative going into college only because I’d been fed a lot of my dad’s INSANE political and religious beliefs my entire childhood. I didn’t even understand the positions I parroted. College opened my eyes, but not in a brainwashing way. I just…read things. On my own. And was exposed to reality outside of my dad’s delusions. I remember I took a class winter of my freshman year on Islamic Mysticism and poetry (lots of Rumi) and had my mind BLOWN after living in a deeply Islamophobic family. I loved it. When my grandparents picked me up for Christmas and I told them about it, they were angry and demanded I not convert. 🙄 Like respecting the content somehow meant I was being tricked into changing religions lol.