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Ford_Prefect
(7,901 posts)Amazing change in Auburn since the days of "Nuke 'em back to the stone age".
Awknid
(381 posts)Keep your eyes on the millinials. They are going to defeat all odds.
DAMANgoldberg
(1,278 posts)years ago of the University that I attended.
'89 HRM
War DAMN Eagle!
Old Crow
(2,212 posts)Just a little dose of reality to balance out the warm fuzzies here.
Interesting video; enjoyed it.
Duppers
(28,125 posts)Good point, Old Crow!
Change the location, change the education level, change the age range.
You won't find many college educated truck drivers, at least not in red states where they tend to resent the educated to begin with.
My red-state brother drove a truck for a few years and resents the heck out of my advanced degreed husband. Yep, my brother votes with the GOP and listens to hate radio.
I hate spending holidays near them. The dread has already set in.
ThoughtCriminal
(14,047 posts)That was almost 40 years ago, but my understanding is that if anything, it is probably more conservative today.
Auburn may not be truck-stop "red-neck", but what this student did was very courageous on this campus, and heartening to see the response he received.
Auburn University Most Conservative School In The Country According To Princeton Review
http://totalfratmove.com/auburn-university-most-conservative-school-in-the-country-according-to-princeton-review/
WDE!
passiveporcupine
(8,175 posts)And then I'd hug him again with thanks for doing this.