''As the conservatives have become more prominent, other students are more prone to believe that they are being indoctrinated,'' Schneider says. ''So the openness of a number of students to new ideas and new ways of looking at things has actually moved in a disturbing direction. Students are much more willing to write off something as 'liberal talk' -- oh, I don't need to think about that, that's just ideology -- as opposed to thinking, in a complex way, about all of the different ideas and evaluating them.'' Kim Daubman, a social psychology professor, concurs. Recently she taught a class in which she talked about the theory that news coverage of warfare in Iraq could lead to a rise in homicides in the United States. ''I could see the students rolling their eyes,'' she says. ''I could just hear them thinking, 'Oh, there she goes again!'''Hahahahaha!
Well, as a matter of fact, "There she goes again! Yes, I do roll my eyes to that. Who's theory is that, hers? Norman Mailer's? Vermont Governor Dean's? Peter Jennings? Why not discuss, "Bush, does he starve old people and kill babies, or starve babies and kill old people?" I'd like to see how war coverage will increase domestic homicide. Studies have shown, that in times of national stress, and especially war, people tend to rally 'round the flag and stick together, promoting less, not more domestic violence. But let's not confuse the leftists with facts, and certainly don't roll your eyes when they blather on.