Conservative at Brown?

burry
Mon, 13 Dec 2010 18:11:28 +0000

My son is politically conservative and very comfortable at Brown. Frankly, I don’t think he or his friends are very involved in political issues at all. From what I observe, there doesn’t appear to be all that much activism there. Most colleges except Christian based and maybe some Catholic schools are quite liberal anyway. I don’t think Brown is significantly different from the vast majority of colleges in this respect, although it does have a reputation for being hyper-liberal.

A poster above mentioned things that would “make a conservative sick” like marijuana and gay pride. I don’t actually agree with that, but maybe that is the difference between political and social conservatism. Again, most colleges (and here I would include the Catholic schools, but not fundamentalist Christian schools) are socially liberal. Yes, there is pot smoking at most colleges (I think) and Brown is no exception. There is also tolerance at most colleges, too. I have a feeling this is not what you were talking about, but perhaps you can mention what you are concerned about.