Lee Doren Question & Answer at Oberlin College

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The Oberlin College Republicans & Libertarians invited Lee Doren to give a lecture at Oberlin College in front of 100+ students on December 1, 2009, which was part of the Ronald Reagan Political Lecture Series. The topic of the discussion was Avoiding Leftist Indoctrination at College.

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[jwka2001]

man i feel sorry for you Lee Doren, you had to sit through those kids who cannot take freedom seriously. They are immature fucks who seriously probably wont get it. Best of luck in educating them. I mean your points were spot on, facts, logic, reason, yet these people cannot figure it out.

[christo930]

I'd rather see them smoke pot than be taught by liberal professors.

[DarthKrattus]

@grimilenn Churchill didn't say that, actually. A similar version of the quote was spoken by Francois Guisot in the 1800s.

[flyingcircle526]

@killerbee2k

College and University are interchangable in the US typically people start college when they around 18 years old.

[killerbee2k]

Btw is "College" in the US the same as in Britain/Australia meaning its ages 16-18 what we call "high school" in Norway, or is College the same as University?

[killerbee2k]

It's kind of strange, in the US the most professors (from outside perspective) are teaching the benefits of socialized healthcare, while in Norway most of our professors (at least in political science/political economics) are teaching the downsides of socialized healthcare. Free healthcare is not a collective good since its not Pareto-effective. Empirically socialized healthcare leads only to rise in prices and lower capacity, not to speak of the powerfull government medical unions.

[fishblades]

Oh man the guy asking questions at around 25 minutes in is hilarious. It's a perfect juxtaposition of Conservative/Liberal point of views. He asks some lengthy question about evil companies jacking up the price in Ohio. You have a common sense counterpoint for everything he says and he admits it may be true every time while trying to sound as intellectual as possible.

I kept waiting for the audience to laugh but i didn't really hear any :(

I'm glad you decided to take so many questions.

[DarthMaul8065]

Great questions and answers session. You really expressed your arguments well. The arguments to the contrary were simply based on ideal but impossible scenarios. I live in the UK where there is a free health care system. But I hope once I get a good enough job I can get private medical insurance because I know the standards on private medical care will be higher, I'll have greater choice and be able to receive care quickly.

[Darusdei]

@acquit Liberal professors? oh boy you yanks are messed up...

[LibertyPhysics]

State and Federal laws dictate the products private insurance companies offer. It is not a free market in the least. So insturance is very overpriced because of the government mandates.

Insurance companies cannot deny care. They can only deny payment. Whether they pay or not is a contractual obligation. Their decisions are not made on some "worthyness" criteria as one student implied. But government can and does deny service by force of arms.

[Zeus2276]

Listening to those kids asking a question was absolutely brutal. If you have your hand raised to ask a question please be ready to ask it. Listening to them "uhh, mmm, like, uuhh." I'd rather listen to finger nails on a chalk board.

[acquit]

This is the most uninteresting talk I have ever heard! I'm really glad that we have this guy to "keep it real" against all those liberal professors, so he can tell us about how firefighters are not conscripted into service, but that they actually voluntarily choose their careers, just like everyone else.