Election 2012

We Don't Need No Education

Written by Bob Cesca

Santorum playing the "duh" card.

“President Obama once said he wants everybody in America to go to college,” Santorum sniped. “What a snob!”

He's also playing the "colleges are indoctrinating more liberals" card.

He said that at many colleges, conservative students tend to be called out and ridiculed more. He also made a religious connection, saying that many students of faith who go to college graduate without it.

Yeah, poor conservatives are being bullied by liberals. I have no idea what the hell he's talking about.

Yes, increased knowledge tends to generate a more liberal world view. But it's not a wild sci-fi conspiracy. It's just reality. When you learn more about important things you tend to realize that the world is more complex and diverse than a GOP bumper sticker. College students are taught to think critically and independently by default due to the difficulty of the material -- not through some kind of mandate. And this kind of critical thinking tends to produce a more liberal perspective rather than a lockstep conformist perspective.