"Indoctrinate U" review

I was first introduced to Evan Coyne Maloney's work via conservative blogs. The first video of his that I watched was of him interviewing Bush-, conservative- and America-hating peace protesters in New York City. All he did was ask sensible questions and let the protesters dig themselves into a deep hole with their bizarre answers - that is, if they gave answers. Unsurprisingly, a lot of these people hemmed and hawed and "uhed" in response to questions that they really should've had answers to. Another video explored the liberal ideas and ideology of San Francisco peace protesters (still Bush-, conservative- and America-hating, of course). In his "Stop Bitching, Start a Revolution" video, Evan's sharp wit and wry humor was showcased in his giving "consolation prizes" to liberal protesters for losing the 2004 presidential election: action figures of Hillary Clinton, Michael Moore, Saddam Hussein and Osama Bin Laden.

Well, now that the elections have passed, President Bush's term is coming to an end, and the protesters have become (if they were ever anything else, that is) meaningless ways for Bush-, conservative- and America-haters to get together and make each other feel good while accomplishing nothing (or as Shakespeare put it, "full of sound and fury, signifying nothing"), Evan's focus has turned to the liberal bias in America's universities.

In "Indoctrinate U," Evan once again combines interviews and his wit and humor to create a documentary that is both shocking and entertaining. The first few seconds of the film set the tone of exposing the stupid liberal ideals that saturate campuses. Professor David Clemens of Monterey Peninsula College talks about the course outline form that each instructor is required to create and how it is expected that every course from sociology to physics to - bizarrely enough - horticulture must teach students about "race, class and gender issues."

Now, it is no secret that campuses are overwhelmingly populated and run by liberal instructors and officials. What is a big secret, however, is that these instructors and officials have been indoctrinating students into their liberal politics and they wish to keep that fact a secret. This is shown in the video as Evan tries to interview various people only to have the police called on him and he is escorted off-campus and told to stay out. (Imagine if that happened to Michael Moore in his movies. The liberals would cry bloody murder!)

Evan also shows how any viewpoint - particularly conservatism - is attacked and shut down in various ways on campuses around the country - from "affirmative action bake sales" (protested) to conservative instructors, students and speakers (slandered and threatened) to conservative campus newspapers (stolen) - all while campus officials do virtually nothing. Does anyone honestly think universities would sit on their hands if liberals were treated the way conservatives are on campus these days (i.e. with discrimination, derision and outright visceral hatred)?

One thing from the film that really stuck with me was how one university banned a Christian group from showing "the Passion of the Christ" because it was R-rated and younger students might be exposed to it, yet they had no problem with a disgusting, pornographic, blasphemous play being performed on campus. This actually is not the least bit surprising. Just look at Yale's fourth annual "Sex Week," which just ended, where promiscuity, pornography and perversion were celebrated. Do you think Yale, a university founded by ministers to train ministers, would have a "Religion Week" where religious values are celebrated? Hardly.

To be honest, I just can't do this film justice. "Indoctrinate U" is a film everyone should see, particularly conservatives students in college and conservative parents with kids in college or planning to go to college. It will open your eyes.