<p>I think TomServo is correct. “Faculty begets faculty” is especially (and alarmingly) true. </p>
<p>I think it is a bit ironic; the left is usually the first to challenge the status quo and “close-mindedness,” but they’re perfectly okay with the recycling of the same ideas and beliefs so prevalent in the liberal university system. </p>
<p>And I can relate to the fear of being attacked for my views. I can’t even mention my stance on abortion, homosexual marriage, or a slew of other things without being attacked (and I’m still in high school) as a “bigot” when in fact more often than not my positions are more thought-out and rational than the positions of those who so often attack me.</p>