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[quote=Anonymous]I think that using the word "failed" in the title of this thread was really, really extreme. I hate how in DCUM people are so extremely negative towards a school they don't like. If you don't like it, don't go there. But don't ruin it for the rest of us.

I am a moderate Democrat - I despise Trump. I think much of Oberlin is a freak show full of kids who want to be non-conformists like all of their other friends. They are constantly looking for something to protest and complain about. I have a few acquaintances who went there and I follow them on social media and constantly have to resist the urge to respond to their extremism and misinformation. These are the people who enable Fox News and give them all of the sound bites that ignorant Trump voters use to justify voting for Trump - they assume all Democrats are as out there as Oberlin types.

That being said, I worked with a younger colleague who graduated from Oberlin a few years ago. They definitely stood out in our corporate environment. But they were smart and capable and easily made fun of the more extreme aspects of Oberlin, making it sound like that attitude is not universal. I enjoyed working with them, as did the rest of my colleagues.

Additionally, as I said above, just because I think it is crazy and wouldn't let my child go near it doesn't mean it shouldn't exist. I wish they would tone things down a bit. But in general, they aren't really hurting anyone. So just leave them alone.[/quote]

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