This conversation could have happened anywhere from Rutgers to U.Michigan to Texas A&M.

College Freshmen come out of high school absolutely dripping with reactionary ideology. And depending on who you hang out with, you'll either shake some of that filth off or saturate yourself with it even more thoroughly.

One reality that does kinda creep in and feed the "College Marxists!" narrative is kids coming back from college exposed to views outside the suburban reactionary hot house and challenging their parents on the contradictions.