Pete Prodoehl 🍕Jan 26

I know a guy who used to be a conservative, until he went to college. It wasn't "woke professors" that change him to a liberal, it was being in an actual city instead of the small town he grew up in.

Meeting more diverse people made him realize he was fed lies about others while growing up.

So yeah, if you ever wondered why the right wants to shut down education and universities, that's one reason.

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@rasterweb college and city living didn't dissuade me of my conservatism; Trump and all of his followers did.
Jan 26 at 6:49pmWeb
Show threadPete Prodoehl 🍕Jan 26
@Mutedog It's totally possible to go to university and live in a city and not change your conservative views... it's not going to change everyone.
Show threadMute Dog BrewingJan 26
@rasterweb it probably helped that my conservative views were more libertarian based than racism based
Show threadLightJan 26
@Mutedog
You could just say "based".
But if you're a libertarian then you might be on the wrong instance for it. Just FYI.
@rasterweb
Show threadMute Dog BrewingJan 26
@light @rasterweb I'm more of an anarchist now, though I definitely feel like a weak federal government would be having a lot harder time terrorizing immigrants and other minorities in this country...
Show threadLightJan 26
@Mutedog
Isn't that kind of like a left-winger becoming right-wing because they can't stand cancel culture?
@rasterweb
Show threadMute Dog BrewingJan 27
@light @rasterweb no, it's more like conservatism embraced fascism and I didn't.