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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]oops! Just realized I dropped my comment above in the middle of a prior comment.

Not the PP, but I can’t imagine I would have asked about this on a tour. First of all how would the tour guide have known the answers to those questions? Also, “Don’t Tread on Me” is a fairly common expression of a political preference or way of thinking. People are allowed to draw whatever conclusions they like from the signs and expressions they see on a campus tour. I am not sure why that comment set you off so. FWIW my DS graduated from Villanova a couple of years ago and he’s Catholic, but a pretty progressive Democrat. Of course there are conservatives there as you would find at any Catholic school, but he did not find it to be overwhelmingly so. Its a fun school with a lot of school spirit and a range of students some of whom work very hard and some of whom work less hard, like a lot of schools. Most of his friends had good outcomes post-Grad and the alumni network is strong. He really liked it. Of course, Lehigh has a pretty strong alum network as well. [/quote]

What set me off was that s/he clearly decided to use this to disparage the school. S/he said it as a “Yes, but . . .” response to a comment about their being liberal Catholics - like your son - as well as conservative Catholics. What was s/he implying? I think I know and I don’t like the stereotyping. Maybe you can’t imagine asking that question of a tour guide, but I can’t imagine dropping his/her comment into the middle of a discussion about colleges. If s/he felt that strongly about the flag to open his/her mouth here, s/he certainly could have opened his/her mouth on the tour to get the tour guide’s thoughts. It wouldn’t have to be asked in front of the group. There are plenty of opportunities on a tour to chat with the tour guide quietly off to the side.[/quote]

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