The New York Times brings us The Young Hipublicans . A bloody awful neologism - but some interesting information about conservatism on campus.
“Mitchell had a big influence in her transformation from privately conservative high-school student to fierce college activist. For instance, until she met Mitchell, she viewed firearms as ”evil.” But in her senior year of high school, he gave her a copy of John Lott’s ”More Guns, Less Crime,” which argues that allowing law-abiding citizens to carry concealed handguns is an effective deterrent to violent crime. Chaykun was convinced. Last Christmas, she was thrilled when Mitchell gave her a semiautomatic .22 rifle with telescopic sight. Chaykun keeps it in a black nylon bag decorated with Mickey and Minnie Mouse, Care Bears and Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles patches. “
Posted by Henry at May 23, 2003 04:31 PM | TrackBack“Bliss was it in that dawn to be alive, but to be young was very heaven…”
Ah, young love! It’s not what it used to be.
Call me an unhip liberal, but when I read the passage you quote here, I thought, “Honey, when your boyfriend gives you a .22 automatic as a Christmas gift, do not pass go, do not collect 200 dollars, just make your way to the nearest exit.”
Posted by: Invisible Adjunct at May 25, 2003 02:13 AMI read about the article before I saw it. I didn’t read the article, but the pictures were of sickly, unhappy, unhip-looking nerds. Not cool sickly nerds either. Old style mopey-type boring nerds. (Don’t doubt me, I know these things.)
Posted by: zizka at May 27, 2003 09:11 PMI know you know, and I don’t doubt you for a minute. So old style mopey nerds it is: but now with guns, which strikes me as something new.
Posted by: Invisible Adjunct at May 27, 2003 10:00 PMWow, with guns?! Sickly, unhappy, unhip-looking nerds are way cooler than the nerds I remember. I wish we had those back in the day! They could have revolutionized the study group.
Posted by: Sammy 69 at September 2, 2003 06:50 PM