Conservitive Propaganda
A young woman was about to finish her first year of college. Like so many
others her age she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat and was
for distribution of all wealth.
She felt deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican
which she expressed openly. One day she was challenging her father on his
beliefs, his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more
government welfare programs. Based on lectures that she had participated in
and the occasional chat with a professor she felt that for years her father
had obviously harbored an evil, even selfish desire to keep what he thought
should be his.
The self professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the
truth and she indicated so to her father.
During the conversation with her father, he asked her how she was doing in
school. She answered rather haughtily that she had 4.0 GPA, and let him
know that it was tough to maintain. She studied all the time, never had
time to go out and rarely partied like the other people she knew.
She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, nor did she have many college
friends because of spending all her time studying because she was taking a
more difficult curriculum.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your good friend Mary doing?"
She replied, "Mary is barely getting by." She continued, "She barely has a
2.0 GPA," adding, "and all she takes are easy classes and she never
studies." But Mary is very popular on campus, college for her is a blast.
She goes to all the parties and very often doesn't even show up for classes
because she is too hung over."
Her father then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office
and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to your friend Mary
who only has a 2.0." He continued, "That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA
and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."
The daughter visibly shocked by her father's suggestion angrily fired back,
"That wouldn't be fair! I work really hard for my GPA. I have sacrificed
and Mary has done little or nothing. She plays while I work really hard!"
The father slowly smiled, winked and said, "Welcome to the Republican
Party."
others her age she considered herself to be a very liberal Democrat and was
for distribution of all wealth.
She felt deeply ashamed that her father was a rather staunch Republican
which she expressed openly. One day she was challenging her father on his
beliefs, his opposition to higher taxes on the rich and the addition of more
government welfare programs. Based on lectures that she had participated in
and the occasional chat with a professor she felt that for years her father
had obviously harbored an evil, even selfish desire to keep what he thought
should be his.
The self professed objectivity proclaimed by her professors had to be the
truth and she indicated so to her father.
During the conversation with her father, he asked her how she was doing in
school. She answered rather haughtily that she had 4.0 GPA, and let him
know that it was tough to maintain. She studied all the time, never had
time to go out and rarely partied like the other people she knew.
She didn't even have time for a boyfriend, nor did she have many college
friends because of spending all her time studying because she was taking a
more difficult curriculum.
Her father listened and then asked, "How is your good friend Mary doing?"
She replied, "Mary is barely getting by." She continued, "She barely has a
2.0 GPA," adding, "and all she takes are easy classes and she never
studies." But Mary is very popular on campus, college for her is a blast.
She goes to all the parties and very often doesn't even show up for classes
because she is too hung over."
Her father then asked his daughter, "Why don't you go to the Dean's office
and ask him to deduct a 1.0 off your 4.0 GPA and give it to your friend Mary
who only has a 2.0." He continued, "That way you will both have a 3.0 GPA
and certainly that would be a fair and equal distribution of GPA."
The daughter visibly shocked by her father's suggestion angrily fired back,
"That wouldn't be fair! I work really hard for my GPA. I have sacrificed
and Mary has done little or nothing. She plays while I work really hard!"
The father slowly smiled, winked and said, "Welcome to the Republican
Party."