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On the observation
"College-town kids and their professors tend to be liberal. There are exceptions of course, and yes those are stereotypes, thank you very much."
I personally believe this is mostly due to the fundemental notion of eduction. At a college level, the "liberal arts" education requires student to be outspoken and liberal in their belief and, as modern philosophy and intellectual generally emphasizes individualism, an educational enviroment often breed perhaps you would call "idealistic" belief of men's general goodness. thus results in, i believe, a dislike toward capatalism. as modern conservatism is very much capatalistic, the educators and the 'being educated" alike are defined as liberal in believing non capatalistic "ideals":
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