Have you ever heard the old saying that a conservative is just a liberal who got mugged?

Well, I got mugged to the tune of $60,000 a year.

It's called tuition.

Like everyone who cons themselves into attending a liberal arts college, I was captivated by

the idea of changing the world.

I would immerse myself in a diverse pool of academic thought, theory, and action.

Well it didn't quite work out that way.

For the course of four years, I was transformed from a plucky, free-thinking, free spirit

into a cranky, get off my lawn conservative.

The process started not long after I arrived at my elite East Coast school.

I thought I was there to expand my knowledge of the world to debate the great ideas.

I soon realized, however, that my professors had something else in mind.

Invariably, each class followed the same monotonous ritual.

And if I a problem, say, racism, blow it up beyond all proportion, blame the problem

on the white majority culture, and then offer an unworkable solution, usually involving

the government.

Everywhere I turned, I saw political correctness.

At first, I just rolled with it.

Then I got annoyed.

Then it started to tick me off.

I was being brainwashed, indoctrinated, and I was paying for the privilege with borrowed

money.

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