Feb. 23, 2021 - Dennis Prager Show
03:08
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| Front lines, finding my voice on an American college campus. | |
| We met when she brought me to Colorado State University a few years ago. | |
| And she was active there and got the arrows. | |
| She got inoculated against leftism. | |
| So you were vaccinated at Colorado State. | |
| I love that analogy. | |
| That is precisely what my journey looked like. | |
| Right. | |
| Yeah, that's the way people should look at it. | |
| So I asked you, what would you say to all the parents who call me or when there were lectures being given? | |
| Dennis, what should I say or what would you say to my son or daughter who says that if he or she writes a conservative idea, they will get a lower grade? | |
| What would you tell this student? | |
| First and foremost, I just want to acknowledge how sad it is that we have to ask that question today. | |
| Political affiliation should be no reason to lower a student's grade or somehow punish them in the classroom to force them to behave a certain way and even adapt their own values to a certain mindset. | |
| But unfortunately, that's the reality on college campuses today, and students are having to make that decision as we speak every day on most college campuses in this country. | |
| If I were speaking to parents facing that question from their children, I would encourage them to remind their families that the situation we find ourselves in in 2021 in our nation is so much bigger and more consequential than a grade on an assignment. | |
| Yes, grades and GPA are important for students, and they do matter as they prepare for what's next after graduation. | |
| But you taught me, Dennis, that taking a stand for one's values will forever be infinitely more valuable than a number or a letter on a piece of paper. | |
| And right now, in 2021, this year, we're seeing what happens when we fail to take a stand and when we embrace the apathy that so many people have embraced before us. | |
| These crazy ideas dreamed up at universities like socialism, getting rid of the First Amendment, having infinity genders, and I could go on and on, eventually graduate with students who fail to speak up beyond their campus and into the real world. | |
| And now we're seeing this radical ideology seep into the halls of Congress, into corporate boardrooms, and America's streets. | |
| As we literally are watching the radical left burn down our country to fundamentally change our culture. | |
| So whether it's speaking up in class or writing a paper that adheres to your own values or posting something on social media that shares the truth about conservative values, we're in a culture war that requires active participation from all of us if we really want freedom to live into the next generation. | |
| Well, if that doesn't recommend the book, folks, nothing will. | |
| Frontlines, Finding My Voice on an American College campus. | |
| It is out today. | |
| It is up at DennisPrager.com. | |
| Isabel, God bless you and keep up your work. | |
| Thank you, Dennis. |
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