[VerySadAmerican]

I graduated from school in 1969. I loved history. But now as I look back I can see my teacher was very liberal.

[JSteff]

You are right, but we can also dominate the discussion with Conservative thoughts and realities. At a local Community college, I had a geography class and the geo teacher was throwing in liberal points any chance he got.
But once he started on the anti-capitalism stand when talking about the "unfair Disadvantage" the U.S. had because of our "LUCK" at getting a country on the most balanced weather location on earth (relatively) and that was not "fair" to the rest of the world and look at all the starving.....
I then raised my hand and said that "No, the reason for famine anywhere in the world was for the most part, communism and/or dictatorships."
He started to try to refute me and so I asked him to name even ONE country that had a democratic, capitalist government that was suffering from famine.
He couldn't. Point made. He changed subject back to something that fit his liberal mind thought.