How conservative is Washington & Lee?

[Anonymous]

I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

[Anonymous]

They removed the confederate flags from Lee Chapel in 2014. So less conservative than it once was. Located near VMI which is also less conservative than it once was.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

do you really think it's debatable that Trump and most of his supporters are anti-immigrant, anti-abortion/choice, and display poor behavior towards women?

I'm all for my son discussing conservative ideas -- smaller government, lower taxes, etc and debating with others who have different ideas. But he's not interested in the hatred that comes out of the right currently. And if you need more evidence for that hate, just look at the text message chains that were just released among leaders of the Young Republicans of America organization.

I'm not interested in political debates online; only interested in people's honest perspectives on how conservative W&L is, especially given that one of its two namesakes was a guy that took up arms against the government to preserve slavery. I think it's a legit question.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

do you really think it's debatable that Trump and most of his supporters are anti-immigrant, anti-abortion/choice, and display poor behavior towards women?

I'm all for my son discussing conservative ideas -- smaller government, lower taxes, etc and debating with others who have different ideas. But he's not interested in the hatred that comes out of the right currently. And if you need more evidence for that hate, just look at the text message chains that were just released among leaders of the Young Republicans of America organization.

I'm not interested in political debates online; only interested in people's honest perspectives on how conservative W&L is, especially given that one of its two namesakes was a guy that took up arms against the government to preserve slavery. I think it's a legit question.

Are you the OP who just said you're "keeping an open mind"? Please. You're here specifically to pick the usual fight. There have been plenty of threads about conservative schools, do a search.
https://www.dcurbanmom.com/jforum/posts/list/1294963.page

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:They removed the confederate flags from Lee Chapel in 2014. So less conservative than it once was. Located near VMI which is also less conservative than it once was.

So they're 11 years post-Confederacy?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They removed the confederate flags from Lee Chapel in 2014. So less conservative than it once was. Located near VMI which is also less conservative than it once was.

So they're 11 years post-Confederacy?

This.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

Getting an education doesn't mean respecting or being open to the views espoused by Trump and his followers. Understanding the views for the sake of analysis and learning how to prevent people like that from ever taking power again, yes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

Getting an education doesn't mean respecting or being open to the views espoused by Trump and his followers. Understanding the views for the sake of analysis and learning how to prevent people like that from ever taking power again, yes.

+1 million

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

Bigot?

[Anonymous]

Was there last week with my child for a visit. We both were somewhat apprehensive but ended up both loving the school. The students were on fall break (it was last Thursday) but the few remaining seemed normal. The tour and information session did not feel conservative, if anything it felt “normal” and apolitical. My kid also may be playing a sport there and the facilities were gorgeous. Lee was not mentioned at all.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

“Despises” and categorizing everything someone else thinks as “anti” sure reads as the party of tolerance.

I’m old enough to remember when voicing abhorrence for someone else’s viewpoint and making no effort to actually try to understand where they are coming from was called “narrow minded” and “intolerant” and was considered an undesirable characteristic to have in order to co-exist with a diverse student body on a college campus.

But I guess it turns out the party preaching “tolerance” didn’t ever really mean they just wanted others to tolerate their viewpoint. They actually meant you need to express total agreement with their position or they will have zero tolerance for your “hate” (which is really just an excuse to mischaracterize every conservative position as hateful)

Literally don’t know what to tell you though. You have a bazillion other schools where your sins echo chamber can be experienced. Why obsess over one where he suspects he might (gasp!) be exposed to diversity of thought? Just pick a different school if you’re so worried?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

+1
53% of the country, OP.
That’s not a small number who does not share your viewpoint. It probably feels like everyone thinks like you but objectively they don’t.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

do you really think it's debatable that Trump and most of his supporters are anti-immigrant, anti-abortion/choice, and display poor behavior towards women?

I'm all for my son discussing conservative ideas -- smaller government, lower taxes, etc and debating with others who have different ideas. But he's not interested in the hatred that comes out of the right currently. And if you need more evidence for that hate, just look at the text message chains that were just released among leaders of the Young Republicans of America organization.

I'm not interested in political debates online; only interested in people's honest perspectives on how conservative W&L is, especially given that one of its two namesakes was a guy that took up arms against the government to preserve slavery. I think it's a legit question.

NP.
And yes. It is extremely debatable

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I have a straight, white son - could possibly play his sport there. He is progressive, despises Trump and his followers' anti-immigrant, anti-choice, anti-woman positions.

Can someone tell me how conservative Washington & Lee is? The Lee moniker makes it nearly a non-starter but trying to keep an open mind.

Well, for starters, he needs to be more open and learned about political differences in our country. Hopefully it’s only his mom who is bigot who gets her sounds bites from MSM. College is supposed to be about learning to think and argue from different points of view.

do you really think it's debatable that Trump and most of his supporters are anti-immigrant, anti-abortion/choice, and display poor behavior towards women?

I'm all for my son discussing conservative ideas -- smaller government, lower taxes, etc and debating with others who have different ideas. But he's not interested in the hatred that comes out of the right currently. And if you need more evidence for that hate, just look at the text message chains that were just released among leaders of the Young Republicans of America organization.

I'm not interested in political debates online; only interested in people's honest perspectives on how conservative W&L is, especially given that one of its two namesakes was a guy that took up arms against the government to preserve slavery. I think it's a legit question.

NP.
And yes. It is extremely debatable

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