Dennis Prager Show - Isabel Brown on the Frontlines
Aired: 2021-02-23
Duration: 03:08


=== What Would You Tell This Student? (02:33) ===

[00:00:00]  Front lines, finding my voice on an American college campus.
[00:00:04]  We met when she brought me to Colorado State University a few years ago.
[00:00:09]  And she was active there and got the arrows.
[00:00:12]  She got inoculated against leftism.
[00:00:15]  So you were vaccinated at Colorado State.
[00:00:19]  I love that analogy.
[00:00:20]  That is precisely what my journey looked like.
[00:00:23]  Right.
[00:00:24]  Yeah, that's the way people should look at it.
[00:00:26]  So I asked you, what would you say to all the parents who call me or when there were lectures being given?
[00:00:35]  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?
[00:00:47]  What would you tell this student?
[00:00:50]  First and foremost, I just want to acknowledge how sad it is that we have to ask that question today.
[00:00:57]  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.
[00:01:11]  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.
[00:01:21]  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.
[00:01:40]  Yes, grades and GPA are important for students, and they do matter as they prepare for what's next after graduation.
[00:01:47]  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.
[00:01:55]  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.
[00:02:05]  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.

=== Culture War Requires Action (00:49) ===

[00:02:20]  And now we're seeing this radical ideology seep into the halls of Congress, into corporate boardrooms, and America's streets.
[00:02:28]  As we literally are watching the radical left burn down our country to fundamentally change our culture.
[00:02:34]  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.
[00:02:52]  Well, if that doesn't recommend the book, folks, nothing will.
[00:02:57]  Frontlines, Finding My Voice on an American College campus.
[00:03:00]  It is out today.
[00:03:01]  It is up at DennisPrager.com.
[00:03:03]  Isabel, God bless you and keep up your work.
[00:03:07]  Thank you, Dennis.