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"If every decent parent in America boycotted college support for one year, the insane asylums of brainwashing would fold like a wet cardboard box and the deranged communists in charge would be forced outside the walls of their hate factories to work for a living."

Perhaps things have changed a lot since the late 1970's, but when I attended the Univ. of California I experienced absolutely no political "brainwashing" or "indoctrination" of any kind. Although I was a science major, there was no discussion of politics in any of my classes that I recall. I have no doubt that the professors at UC and most other colleges are primarily liberals or Democrats, but generally they are professionals and they keep political themes out of class discussion.

The administrators are probably worse than the professors because of misguided and arbitrary decisions like banning military recruiters from campus. But the statement that there is systematic "brainwashing" or "indoctrination" at the majority of US colleges is not supported by the facts. I will email my nephew who just graduated from Stanford and ask him about the level of political discussion these days. I would agree, however, that there are a small number of far-left liberal colleges (usually second-rate) where the whole atmosphere is so politically liberal that college amounts to a form of indoctrination. But those schools are fairly small in number and usually have less than 10,000 students (which is not too many by today's standards. Arizona State is up to 61,000 now.)

I gave you a first hand factual account of my experiences at the Univ. of California

You are about as well-informed as someone who fell asleep under a tree for thirty years.

Your anectdotal account is hopelessly out of date. For you to base your contention that conservatives are too concerned about liberal "indoctrination" at American colleges on 1970's personal recollections is flat out nonsense.

I would feel an obligation to link and source my statements if I were writing a book or running for office. Until then I will let the lurkers and posters decide!

And if you feel so strongly about the veracity of any statements made here...why don't you disprove them?

BTW your position on anectodal comments is pure entertainment:

I'm not going to read any unbalanced BS filled with anecdotal stories...Don't just find a few isolated situations to support your claims.

On the other hand...

I will email my nephew who just graduated from Stanford and ask him about the level of political discussion these days.