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Majority of liberal college students not proud to be American, favor socialism, NDSU survey finds
Campus Reform ^ | 21 June 2021 | Jackson Walker

Posted on 06/22/2021 7:10:06 AM PDT by Rummyfan

Findings from a new North Dakota State University survey reveal that the majority of students identifying as liberal or liberal-leaning are not proud of America.

In response to the question “Are you proud to be American?” 57 percent of liberal identifying students answered ‘no’. This is in contrast to the 73 percent majority of conservatives who answered ‘yes’ to the same question.

This response was generated from a nationwide survey which asked over 400,000 students from more than 1,000 American college campuses questions about their feelings on a number of social and political issues. NDSU publicly announced the survey on Thursday.

Campus Reform reached out to NDSU professors John Bitzan and Clay Routledge, the survey designers, who explained their surprised reaction to the data.

“This is a surprising result. Previous work done by Clay Routledge shows that most Americans are proud to be American, regardless of political party, gender, race, religion, income, or employment status. We don’t know why college students answered in this way, but the differences between answers by college students and the general population on a very similar question seem to suggest something unique that is worth further exploration,” the professors jointly commented.

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TOPICS: Education; Miscellaneous; Politics; Society
KEYWORDS: academicbias; antiamericanism; communismkills; hateamericafirst; indoctrination; millenials; naughtyteacherslist; obamajugend; obamayouth; reddiaperdoperbabies; revisionisthistory; stalinisttactics; unamerican
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A prompt in the third section of questions centered around economics. Here, 61 percent of liberal students have a negative view of the country's economic system. Only nine percent of liberals answered in favor of capitalism, while 30 percent remained indifferent.

Later questions in the section addressing socialism found a much more favorable reception among liberal respondents, however. 47 percent had a positive association with socialism, while only 13 percent felt negatively about it.

Sigh. Some people will only learn the hard way. And that means a lot of trouble for the rest of us too.

1 posted on 06/22/2021 7:10:07 AM PDT by Rummyfan
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To: Rummyfan

My old sig on Freerepublic:

I feel like I’m living in Dr. Zhivago, but without the love triangle.


2 posted on 06/22/2021 7:11:26 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: cuban leaf

So a Love Square? Love Octangle? Love anything?


3 posted on 06/22/2021 7:12:19 AM PDT by Pikachu_Dad ("the media are selling you a line of soap)
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To: cuban leaf
I feel like I’m living in Dr. Zhivago, but without the love triangle.

Yeah. Where's Julie Christie?!

4 posted on 06/22/2021 7:12:20 AM PDT by Rummyfan (In any war between the civilized man and the savage, support the civilized man. Support Israel.d)
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To: Rummyfan

Not positive this is true, but a recent college graduate was in a serious car accident and needed major brain surgery. When they opened the skull, all they found was an echo.


5 posted on 06/22/2021 7:12:21 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Rummyfan
We don’t know why college students answered in this way,

Well then you must live in a bubble or a cave

6 posted on 06/22/2021 7:13:06 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Rummyfan

I dunno. They were both pretty cute. At least, for Russian girls. :D


7 posted on 06/22/2021 7:13:13 AM PDT by cuban leaf (We killed our economy and damaged our culture. In 2021 we will pine for the salad days of 2020.)
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To: Rummyfan
Liberals favor Socialism?

Who knew?

8 posted on 06/22/2021 7:13:57 AM PDT by G Larry (Force the Universities to use their TAX FREE ENDOWMENTS to pay off Student loan debt!!!)
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To: Rummyfan

I think it would be a really good experience for all those airheads to spend a couple of years in Venezuela with a few side trips to Cuba.


9 posted on 06/22/2021 7:14:01 AM PDT by econjack
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To: Rummyfan

Maybe enrollment standards in higher education should require a 90 day stay in a socialist utopia like Venezuela before filing an enrollment application?


10 posted on 06/22/2021 7:15:01 AM PDT by eyeamok (founded in cynicism, wrapped in sarcasm)
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To: Rummyfan

https://mallorymillett.com/?p=37
Marxist Feminism’s Ruined Lives

The horror I witnessed inside the women’s “liberation” movement.

“Socialism is a philosophy of failure, the creed of ignorance, and the gospel of envy; its inherent virtue is the equal sharing of misery.” Winston Churchill wrote this over a century ago.

During my junior year in high school, the nuns asked about our plans for after we graduated. When I said I was going to attend State University, I noticed their disappointment. I asked my favorite nun, “Why?” She answered, “That means you’ll leave four years later a communist and an atheist!”

What a giggle we girls had over that. “How ridiculously unsophisticated these nuns are,” we thought. Then I went to the university and four years later walked out a communist and an atheist, just as my sister Katie had six years before me.

Sometime later, I was a young divorcee with a small child. At the urging of my sister, I relocated to NYC after spending years married to an American executive stationed in Southeast Asia. The marriage over, I was making a new life for my daughter and me. Katie said, “Come to New York. We’re making revolution! Some of us are starting the National Organization of Women and you can be part of it.”

I hadn’t seen her for years. Although she had tormented me when we were youngsters, those memories were faint after my Asian traumas and the break-up of my marriage. I foolishly mistook her for sanctuary in a storm. With so much time and distance between us, I had forgotten her emotional instability.

And so began my period as an unwitting witness to history. I stayed with Kate and her lovable Japanese husband, Fumio, in a dilapidated loft on The Bowery as she finished her first book, a PhD thesis for Columbia University, “Sexual Politics.”...


11 posted on 06/22/2021 7:15:38 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Rummyfan

Surprised it is that low after 20 yrs of brainwashing.


12 posted on 06/22/2021 7:16:32 AM PDT by bray (Hating Whites is racist)
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To: econjack

All the back to earth types love Cuba’s agricultural practices and many go down to study it. Cuba hasn’t had access to man made fertilizers or pesticides but they had to figure out how to grow food or starve.


13 posted on 06/22/2021 7:17:11 AM PDT by Pollard
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To: Rummyfan

There are plenty of socialist utopias to choose from, go live in one, and shorten your struggle.
Meanwhile, leave the USA alone, we like it here!


14 posted on 06/22/2021 7:17:40 AM PDT by Fireone (When they pry them from my cold, dead, unvaccinated hands.)
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To: Rummyfan

Shows the brainwashing is working in the K-12 “schools,” doesn’t it?

They have NO idea what they’re fantasizing about.

Anyone who romanticizes socialism or communism should be made to spend a month in Venezuela or Cuba.

They’d come screaming back to the U.S.


15 posted on 06/22/2021 7:19:03 AM PDT by Bon of Babble (Rigged Elections have Consequences)
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To: Rummyfan

There should be a work abroad summer internship required for those students. Might I recommend Cuba or some other socialist crap country.


16 posted on 06/22/2021 7:19:04 AM PDT by taxcontrol (You are entitled to your opinion, no matter how wrong it is.)
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"Majority of liberal college students not proud to be American, favor socialism, NDSU survey finds"

Soon the headline will read: "Majority of employees at fast food franchises not proud to be American, favor socialism, NDSU survey finds"

17 posted on 06/22/2021 7:19:47 AM PDT by Carl Vehse
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To: Rummyfan

My daughter recently went to Mexico with some friends. I told her “never go somewhere where the locals are trying to escape”. Keeps with Mexican army armed with machine guns, of course bad water, etc. She couldn’t get back fast enough. Her travel plans for Cuba have now been cancelled.


18 posted on 06/22/2021 7:19:54 AM PDT by albie
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To: bray

the Obamajugend have been indoctrinated since 2009.

Mmmmm mmmm mmmmmmmmm.


19 posted on 06/22/2021 7:19:58 AM PDT by a fool in paradise (Lean on Joe Biden to follow Donald Trump's example and donate his annual salary to charity.)
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To: Rummyfan
In response to the question “Are you proud to be American?” 57 percent of liberal identifying students answered ‘no’.

NEXT QUESTION:

Is there any country in the world which you would be proud to be a citizen of? And why?

Dumbstruck.

Regards,

20 posted on 06/22/2021 7:21:33 AM PDT by alexander_busek (Extraordinary claims require extraordinary evidence.)
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