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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Of the two, which is the more conservative college/promotes more free speech open ideals? DS wants to be in an open tolerant community and know his peers entered from academic excellence. Of the two, which would you recommend?[/quote]

Definitely CMC.  At Washington & Lee, LGBT has to name themselves something like "pink elephant" to barely exist on campus.  CMC is relatively more open and tolerant.  [/quote]
In other words, you think CMC is more liberal, but that is not the question.[/quote]
CMC actually allows a diverse range of voices and lived experiences. Claremont McKenna students aren’t offended that black people exist at their college, while there’s a decent subset of W&L students and alum who can’t stand that there are people of color walking around. W&L is a bit bizarre with how much they suppress open thought in the wrong way. Open thought is about considering both sides[/quote]
I think you are making clear just how open-minded you are. [/quote]

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The PP is the usual suspect who sees "W&L" in any thread and goes off on her unhinged rants.  [/quote]
I get that you disagree but that doesn’t mean calling someone unhinged is actually justified in context. [/quote]

But it is justified here.  Whenever W&L and mentioned in this forum, a poster (s) allege that the school if full of racists and the alt right because Lee is in the name and the student body has a very high percentage of white students.  These posters rarely (ever?) have a direct connection to the school itself.  Then a parade of alums and current parents post that 1) the school actually tries to increase socioeconomic and racial diversity through its very generous financial aid and merit scholarships 2) the school's faculty and adminstration is very liberal and that the current student body is at least 50% Democrats and 3) give personal ancedotes of the current atmosphere of tolerance and open mindness on the W&L campus. And yet this never stops the posters with no connection to the school from trolling.

The post quoted in earlier comments does not contain sentiments that I agree with.  However, I will note that the poster was a parent, not a student.  Also, every  single college in this country has alums/parents/students that have views that in no way reflect the views of 99% of the alums/parents/students associated with the school. Smearing the entire school because of the views of one anonymous parent is ridiculous. [/quote]

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