Luckily, my conservative kid has not experienced the labelling at his school and actually has gained the respect of many peers throughout his years there. He even has encouraged more conservative/moderates to speak up for themselves.
He’s appreciative of the healthy debate and supportive disagreements regarding politics - he feels he has more of an understanding of leftism (even though he still may not agree with their platform) and he feels that others have more of an understanding as to why he is conservative. What he is most appreciative of is the intelligence behind everyone’s argument, as before he was surrounded by those who didn’t know why they stood what they stood for (they claimed to be conservatives, too, which is interesting) and could not argue their stance to save their life.
Every school will be different, though. I’m just grateful DS had the experience he did.
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