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I don’t think college dramatically changes a person, despite what conservatives fear, but rather reveals and enhances their true self.

I think it's this, and that, generally, going to college gets you out of whatever bubble you may have grown up in and you meet, make friends with, and date people from all different backgrounds and life experiences. Harder to think all Mexican people are scary illegal immigrants if they are your friends, classmates, etc. Same reason I think that cities tend to be more liberal — a whole lot of different people from a whole lot of different places living together in (mostly) harmony. The racist, xenophobic bullshit is a lot less appealing when you actually know people who are different from you.

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Words - what do they mean? Mirriam Webster says

The liberal in liberal arts, a cornerstone of the education of so many, has very little to do with political leanings; its roots can be traced to the Latin word liber, meaning “free, unrestricted.” Our language took the term from the Latin liberales artes, which described the education given to freeman and members of ...

I tend to think in terms of "apply liberally" as in peanut butter when making a sandwich. Liberal Arts - lots of it - breadth of content. Not political ideals.

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He just announced that he is divorcing his wife of 8 months. Because you know...family values.

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Upvote for the nym.

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probably thinks it sounds "classy"

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I did not know that Cawthorn was home schooled. That explains a lot.

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Or did she just realize what an asshole she married?

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You don't have to go to school, you can be fodder without any education.

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What a POS.

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This from the guy who got kicked out after one semester, and many of his female classmates at his bible college, signed a protest against him getting elected, because he was a sex predator.

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Hopefully she realized.

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What's hard to believe is that it happened so quickly, relatively speaking.

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He had two accounts!

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Hallmark Christmas movie: A Creepy, Insufficiently Submissive Eight Month Divorce for Christmas.

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Yes my favorite part was when he glanced at the judge, signaling he couldn't keep faking, so he would call a recess.

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Her registered sex-offender husband has been paid by the republicans for years.

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