I have said before that I believe these movements are primarily made up of radicals and pampered leftists kids stoked by whack-job professors. In my experience at RVCC the vast majority of students are working class kids coming from or going to jobs and most of the are quite sensible.
On free enterprise, the YAF poll found:
Far more college students prefer "smaller government with fewer services and lower taxes," (50%) over "larger government that provides more services and higher taxes" (34%).
More college students believe a "strong free market" (48%) does a better job handling today's complex economic problems than a "strong/active government" (39%).
Only 15% of students prefer socialism to free enterprise while 34% prefer free enterprise.
Thirty five percent of students prefer free markets to government regulations while only 16% prefer government regulations.
On Black Lives Matter:
Nearly 7-in-10 students agreed that "given recent acts of violence against police officer, the Black Lives Matter movement has cultivated an anti-police culture."
On gender pronouns:
Sixty two percent of students disagreed that professors should have the right to downgrade students for failing to use "gender inclusive" language like "mankind" instead of "humankind" in reference to men and women.
Not even half (49%) of LIBERAL students agree with implementing the use of pronouns like "ze," "zir," and "xyr" on their campus.
I've tried to stock them myself. When I described how some leftists didn't like drone warfare the students looked confused. Why wouldn't they like drones, which kill the enemy without risking American lives. I can't get anyone to condemn the atomic bomb. Even my black students are indifferent to the Stars and Bars.
My students are too busy to worry about these things, and have far too much common sense. Happily, this is true throughout the country.
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