The nonpartisan Dartmouth Political Union hosted our Reverse Q&A visit to Dartmouth College in May. In this highlight video, we hear interviews with students before and after the event and excerpts from spectrum conversations. Claims explored include: The consideration of race should be removed from the college admission process; Speech is violence; and, ‘My body, my choice’ should be consistent for vaccines and abortions. Attendees offered a variety of claims to consider, and we see Peter Boghossian use a variation of the Delphi technique with the audience to achieve consensus regarding which to discuss.
Full spectrum conversations from Dartmouth College are here under the “Social Justice Reverse Q&A” playlist. The playlist includes claims discussed at this event and elsewhere on campus during our visit.
Footage from this event was filmed on May 4, 2022 at Dartmouth College.
The last girl who thinks you ( PB ) are a “conservative” is guilty of oversimplification. I’ve watched dozens of your videos and I have no clue as to what your economic views; I think “conservative” with out explanation and qualification is almost meaningless. So many Americans seem to be unable to separate Social Conservatism from economic conservatism and Social Liberalism from Leftwing economic views. Unless more context is used these words have basically become meaningless.
e.g. Southern Black Americans tend towards to be social conservatism but economic leftism. Neither word alone is a useful descriptor in this case.
PG doesn’t strike me as “conservative” at all, more like an enlightenment Liberal. But that’s just my assumption from the videos and articles I’ve been exposed to. 40 years ago he would have been called a liberal. I think people can’t separate Democrat vs Republican from conservative vs liberal. No shades of gray.
The participation of the young college students in this "Highlights" Video is very encouraging to see and hear!
Given that these young people were willing, when given the opportunity to consider and share their opinions concerning some of the major issues facing our society, gives me great appreciation for what you are accomplishing through these campus visits, Peter. Large or small, the participation will send ripples throughout the community.
Without the willingness to question themselves and be open to learning other perspectives, there would be reason to be less hopeful. But hearing these future leaders speak to how they viewed this experience, given the "freedom" to express their feelings, thoughts and concerns is reason for great hope.
Thank you for the work that you and your crew are accomplishing!