Comments on: Yet Another 3:30AM Post From The Office http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/04/30/yet-another-330am-post-from-the-office/ Free Minds, Free Markets, Free Booze Mon, 13 Oct 2008 15:27:32 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.3.3 By: Sho http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/04/30/yet-another-330am-post-from-the-office/#comment-2358 Sho Fri, 30 Apr 2004 13:58:27 +0000 http://www.oregoncommentator.com/2004/04/30/yet-another-330am-post-from-the-office/#comment-2358 I think many young people on both sides of the political spectrum have parents who share similar political views. Conservative Christian parents will probably raise a conservative Christian kid, and hippie parents will raise a hippie kid. Some conservatives and libertarians that we see on campus, at CN conferences, and possibly on staff are the products of rebellion against the University's liberal environment, not rebellion against their parents. They dislike OSPIRG, they dislike the anti-war movement, they dislike the ASUO, they dislike the Emerald's editorial stances, and they dislike the liberal atmosphere in general. That is where I think we can see many young people who probably considered themselves "liberal" in high school converting to conservatism and libertarianism. I "rebelled" against my parents my freshman and sophomore years when I embraced many libertarian ideals, but I think through choices for myself, I will actually end my college years with a mix of both my conservative dad and my liberal mom's views. I what I was mostly rebelling against a few year ago was the default liberalism of many of the students on campus and the liberal dogma that most faculty teach. I think many young people on both sides of the political spectrum have parents who share similar political views. Conservative Christian parents will probably raise a conservative Christian kid, and hippie parents will raise a hippie kid.

Some conservatives and libertarians that we see on campus, at CN conferences, and possibly on staff are the products of rebellion against the University’s liberal environment, not rebellion against their parents. They dislike OSPIRG, they dislike the anti-war movement, they dislike the ASUO, they dislike the Emerald’s editorial stances, and they dislike the liberal atmosphere in general. That is where I think we can see many young people who probably considered themselves “liberal” in high school converting to conservatism and libertarianism.

I “rebelled” against my parents my freshman and sophomore years when I embraced many libertarian ideals, but I think through choices for myself, I will actually end my college years with a mix of both my conservative dad and my liberal mom’s views. I what I was mostly rebelling against a few year ago was the default liberalism of many of the students on campus and the liberal dogma that most faculty teach.

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