What are the kids like at VT politically?

[Anonymous]

DC seems to be leaning fairly independent/slightly right and is tired of the really liberal politics in this area, but also doesn’t like the far right. What are the kids at VT like politically? DC doesn’t want either political extreme, and just wants to focus on school.

[Anonymous]

DSA

[Anonymous]

Tech gets kids from all over the state. Not just liberal NOVA.

[Anonymous]

Va Tech has over 40,000 students - there is every single political view you can imagine.

[Anonymous]

Tech gets kids from all over the state. Not just liberal NOVA.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:DC seems to be leaning fairly independent/slightly right and is tired of the really liberal politics in this area, but also doesn’t like the far right. What are the kids at VT like politically? DC doesn’t want either political extreme, and just wants to focus on school.

It's like any other college campus. There are political groups of all stripes and extremes but most kids are pretty apolitical. Your basic white boy will be just fine. And a little cognitive dissonance would be good for him, anyway.

Don't buy into the weird myth about hyper liberal college campuses. That's just not really a thing. Yeah, there are loudmouths, but that's true on both sides of the political spectrum. And at a school as large as Tech, those communities are really diluted.

VT also has the Corps of Cadets, which brings more of a conventionally conservative (not really right wing) element to the campus culture.

[Anonymous]

Tech is the size of a small city. There is no one political flavor. Turn off Fox News and give it a rest.

[Anonymous]

Will he be offended by pronouns?

[Anonymous]

They run the gamut from far right MAGA types to super left wing SJW pronoun weirdos. But while the extremes are certainly present, the general vibe on campus is much closer to the political middle with maybe a slight lean to the left. Your kid won't have any trouble avoiding both the QAnon and the they/them crowd.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DC seems to be leaning fairly independent/slightly right and is tired of the really liberal politics in this area, but also doesn’t like the far right. What are the kids at VT like politically? DC doesn’t want either political extreme, and just wants to focus on school.

It's like any other college campus. There are political groups of all stripes and extremes but most kids are pretty apolitical. Your basic white boy will be just fine. And a little cognitive dissonance would be good for him, anyway.

Don't buy into the weird myth about hyper liberal college campuses. That's just not really a thing. Yeah, there are loudmouths, but that's true on both sides of the political spectrum. And at a school as large as Tech, those communities are really diluted.

VT also has the Corps of Cadets, which brings more of a conventionally conservative (not really right wing) element to the campus culture.

NP. I could have written this. I have a kid at one of those NE "liberal" colleges, and PP is right. There are kids of all stripes and most aren't super political. I do think this generation is more sensitive, but that swings both ways politically.

Also agree about Corps Cadets.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They run the gamut from far right MAGA types to super left wing SJW pronoun weirdos. But while the extremes are certainly present, the general vibe on campus is much closer to the political middle with maybe a slight lean to the left. Your kid won't have any trouble avoiding both the QAnon and the they/them crowd.

As a traditional conservative, I couldn't possibly care less what people choose to be called nor how they express their gender. Real conservatives believe in freedom.

As someone raised by my devoutly Christian parents to be kind, I find denigrating people based on their requested pronouns to be repugnant, particularly when those people come from a group whose members tend to commit suicide at such an astonishing rate because of exactly this kind of gross, offhand bigotry.

[Anonymous]

Tech and engineer types often lean somewhat right of center, especially compared to other academics.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They run the gamut from far right MAGA types to super left wing SJW pronoun weirdos. But while the extremes are certainly present, the general vibe on campus is much closer to the political middle with maybe a slight lean to the left. Your kid won't have any trouble avoiding both the QAnon and the they/them crowd.

As a traditional conservative, I couldn't possibly care less what people choose to be called nor how they express their gender. Real conservatives believe in freedom.

As someone raised by my devoutly Christian parents to be kind, I find denigrating people based on their requested pronouns to be repugnant, particularly when those people come from a group whose members tend to commit suicide at such an astonishing rate because of exactly this kind of gross, offhand bigotry.

+1 DS goes to VT. I'd say he is liberal but also a Christian and generally not very political. Fits in fine.

[Anonymous]

I don't know how anyone can look at a school with THOUSANDS of students and think one label would apply.

How observant is he if he thinks this area is all liberals anyway?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They run the gamut from far right MAGA types to super left wing SJW pronoun weirdos. But while the extremes are certainly present, the general vibe on campus is much closer to the political middle with maybe a slight lean to the left. Your kid won't have any trouble avoiding both the QAnon and the they/them crowd.

As a traditional conservative, I couldn't possibly care less what people choose to be called nor how they express their gender. Real conservatives believe in freedom.

As someone raised by my devoutly Christian parents to be kind, I find denigrating people based on their requested pronouns to be repugnant, particularly when those people come from a group whose members tend to commit suicide at such an astonishing rate because of exactly this kind of gross, offhand bigotry.

I appreciate this post. You remind me of my friends who were R for fiscal reasons, but not RW on social issues. Much more libertarian/live and let live on those issues.