Is college that hard or are they just...

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The video likely performed well due to its controversial and polarizing topic, which often drives engagement in the form of comments and shares. The use of a relatable, albeit exaggerated, experience of college life also contributes to its shareability.

Summary

Two women discuss the challenges of being conservative in college, particularly within humanities classes. One recounts feeling stifled and unable to express her true opinions, while the other criticizes those who she believes lack morals and are overly sensitive.

Structure

1Introduction of the topic: conservatives in college
2Personal anecdote of feeling suffocated by humanities classes
3Critique of liberal viewpoints and perceived lack of morals
4Discussion of intellectual diversity vs. being overly sensitive
5Concluding remarks on hypocrisy and expecting to be babied

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Is college that hard or are they just... WE TALK ENOUGH IT IS TO IN COLLEGE. OH, GOODY. MY QUOTA ON LISTENING TO D*** BUT LUCKILY WE HAVE CAPTAIN UNDERBITE'S LESSER KNOWN SIDEKICK, SNAPPER, HERE TO EXPLAIN WHY CONSERVATIVES HAVE SUCH A TOUGH TIME LOCK IN HERE WOMENSPHERE BE GREAT. ENDED UP GRADUATING COLLEGE EARLY BECAUSE I WAS SUFFOCATED. TELL US, WHY WAS COLLEGE SO DIFIFULT FOR YOU TO LEAVE EARLY? I WAS FORCED TO TAKE A BUNCH OF HUMANITIES CLASSES. SAY AGAINST MY WILL, IT WAS COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY AGAINST NO, HARLOW, YOU POOR THING. OUT OF YOUR YOU SIGNED UP TO GO TO AND THEN YOU HAD TO TAKE THE COURSES THAT THEY REQUIRED. MUNITIES IN HUMANITIES CLASSES. I COMPLETELY FELT INTIMIDATED. ON IF I ACTUALLY SAID WHAT DON'T WORRY, IT DID YOU SEE WITH THE HUMANITY OKAY. I FELT GET MY ACTUAL OPINION DURING CLASS DISCUSSIONS OR IT WOULD TURN INTO A COMPLETE TAKEDOWN. COULDN'T ACTUALLY WRITE WHAT I THOUGHT IN MY PAPERS. HAD TO LIE GET A GOOD GRADE. AND THIS IS EXTREMELY COMMON AMONGST MY CONSERVATIVE FRIENDS. I KNOW FEEL THIS WAY. SHOCKING TO ME I CUT OUT PREFERS SCIENCES AND STUFF, RIGHT? BE RIGHT THERE, NEVER BE RIGHT IN HUMANITIES. YOU JUST HAVE AND ETHICS, WHICH YOU AND ALL YOUR FRIENDS AND THE THING THIS REMINDS ME OF, CLEARLY IS EVERYONE ALWAYS TRYING TO DISINGENUOUS DEBATES ON EVERYTHING THAT, LIKE, JUST AREN'T DEBATABLE. AND ETHICALLY, MORALLY, YOU'RE WRONG. MORAL QUESTIONS OFTEN DO HAVE RIGHT ANSWERS. MORALS. WHICH IS INTERESTING BECAUSE THE WHOLE COLLEGE IS INTELLECTUAL DIVERSITY, TO CHALLENGE YOUR TO EXPAND YOUR MIND. AND HARLOW, OF THE VIDEO THAT MAKES ME LAUGH THE MOST, IS YOU SITTING I THOUGHT COLLEGE WAS FOR, LIKE, BROADENING YOUR HORIZONS. AND THEN YOU SITTING THERE SCREAMING, CRYING, THROWING UP BECAUSE YOU REFUSED TO BE TOLD YOUR HORIZONS WERE NOT BROAD ENOUGH. WEIRDLY OFFENDED BECAUSE PEOPLE WOULDN'T CODDLE YOUR TERRIBLE OPINIONS. OF THINGS HERE, BUT MAYBE THERE'S ONE PERSON YOU MIGHT ACTUALLY LISTEN TO THE HYPOCRISY OF. CANNOT IMAGINE LIVING MY LIFE BEING OFFENDED BY EVERYTHING. AND ONCE AGAIN, THEY DON'T WANNA CUDDLE OTHER PEOPLE, BUT THEY EXPECT TO BE CONSTANTLY BABIED.

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College is supposed to challenge and educate you, which is indeed hard for people who refuse education #college #education

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Transcript

I don't think we talk enough about how hard it is to be a conservative in college. Oh goody. I have met my quota on listening to dumb shit today, but luckily we have Captain Underbite's lesser known sidekick, Snapper, here to explain why conservatives have such a tough time. Lock in here. Womensphere. I'm sure it'll be great. I ended up graduating college early because I was suffocated. Because I was suffocated. Oh no, Harlow, tell us, why was college so difficult for you to leave early? I was forced against my will to take a bunch of humanities classes. And when I say against my will, it was completely and utterly against my will. No, Harlow, you poor thing. Out of your own free will, you signed up to go to college and then you had to take the courses that they required. You paid money for the humanity in humanities classes. The humanities classes, I completely felt intimidated. Like I would be bogged down on if I actually said what I thought. Don't worry, it gets worse. Did you see what I did with the humanity joke there? Okay. I felt like I couldn't get my actual opinion during class discussions or it would turn into a complete takedown. I felt I couldn't actually write what I thought in my papers. I had to lie to get a good grade. And this is extremely common amongst my conservative friends. So many people I know feel this way. It's actually not shocking to me. I cut out the part where she says she prefers sciences and stuff, right? Because she can be right there, but she could never be right in humanities. You actually can be right in humanities. You just have to have morals and ethics, which you and all your friends lack. And the thing this reminds me of, clearly is everyone on her side always trying to do these disingenuous debates on everything that, like, just aren't debatable. And ethically, morally, you're wrong. Moral questions often do have right answers. You just lack morals. Which is interesting because the whole initial point of college is intellectual diversity, to challenge your thoughts, to expand your mind. And Harlow, that's the part of the video that makes me laugh the most. Is you sitting here saying, I thought college was for, like, broadening your horizons. And then you sitting there screaming, crying, throwing up because you refused to be told your horizons were not broad enough. You're weirdly offended because people wouldn't cuddle your terrible opinions. Of things here, but maybe there's one person you might actually listen to the hypocrisy of. I cannot imagine living my life being offended by everything. And once again, they don't wanna cuddle other people, but they expect to be constantly babied.