My 19 year old son is taking a political science class at the local community college. To say that he is a conservative Republican would be an understatement. He is very set in his ways, very conservative, very REPUBLICAN!!!
His professor is a very Liberal Democrat, who accused him of being a Republican because his parents were....she doesn't know our son very well, because if we were NOT a Republican, our son would discuss and argue every point until we submitted, THAT is how strongly he feels about being conservative. He is far more conservative than his father or I every thought of being.
What upsets me the most is that his professor is teaching the class, during an election season, using her influence as an instructor to manipulate the students into voting for her candidate of choice. Now her influence does little to sway my son, however she did comment that IF the students cast their vote for McCain it would" prove that they were indeed Racist". And, she went on to say that this election will prove whether or not our country is a "Racist" country .
Her argument is so naive and actually quite scary. Are we electing a president based on RACE? One could say that it is time for a WOMAN to be in the White house. AND, that if we don't elect McCain/Palin we are sexist.
Is this what it has come down to? Whether we like what a person looks like, what ethnic group, what sex they are ,is that going to determine if we vote for them? Do we vote because of what celebrity or public figure endorses them? Do we vote because someone influences us to vote a certain way?
Whether or not you are on the left or on the right, you should be very concerned about the influence that people have over our freedom to vote. We are constantly being shown ads on TV, the Internet, the movies, music, celebrity award shows, television shows, magazines....ads that try to sway us one way or another to vote a certain way. These ads are paid for by the candidates or their supporters. However, in academia it is I who is paying for my child to learn how to think for himself, I am NOT paying to have him influenced by an instructor who is using her college class and her position to influence our youth to vote a certain way. What she should be doing in a Political Science class is encouraging the students to VOTE not tell them who to vote for.
And I know what all you liberals are thinking...."if the instructor was a Republican, I wouldn't have this issue". Although tempted to say you are correct, I would have to say it is not right regardless of her party affiliation. Instructors, teachers etc. need to teach the subject matter keeping their bias in check, encourage discussion even if it is in opposition to their own and encourage our youth to explore the issues and discuss with many different people to get various opinions before deciding what is best for them....
And then my friends they would see that voting McCain and Palin is the best option!....Hey this is MY blog and I can try to influence you all I want...
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