[Charles Martel]

It's the same brainwashing that leads young women in Europe to hold up the "Welcome Refugees" signs at the airports. And yes, there are often a few soy-soaked "males" with them, but the emotional tinkering is obviously most effective with young females.

I've seen it with my youngest sister, who did poorly in a private school so ended up graduating from the local public high school. That was where she was put through the indoctrination process (the awful part is how many of a student's peers eagerly support the system and pile on the pressure). It is horribly effective, which is why we are at this point today.

[rlmorel]

Yes. One of the things I really like about being a senior citizen now is that I give a lot less of a crap about peer pressure.

But as a teenager, I remember it being a powerful force. You wanted to belong (at least I did, because I sure didn’t feel like I belonged...)