Quote Originally Posted by boost View Post
Not sure how to say this in a nice way... but didn't you grow up going to schools whose curriculum was based around Transcendental Meditation?
I don't get how this is relevant at all... You're also talking about my high school whereas I'm talking about his college. Did you think he was talking about high school? I don't think any sort of political discussion in high school is appropriate at all, although I'm sure it goes on which is sad.

Anyways, what I'm balking at isn't that I think it's untrue and I do think it's an issue. What I'm balking at is that he's taking a class that's telling him it is true. I would balk just as much if he was taking a college class that told him it definitely was not true. It's irresponsible and unproductive to tell students what to think.

If we're talking my personal opinion about this subject, I don't really have a firm stance either way. It seems plausible that the government and people with lots of money influence big media outlets but I also haven't really found enough evidence to believe it to be true.