In Reply to: One of the things Calvin College is known for is . . . posted by BluBlood on February 03, 2026 at 10:41:27
with colonial undertones, with the kind of missionary work that makes homosexuality a crime punishable with death in many African countries, and all the right wing guerilla activities that have been taking place Latin America.
I get kinda nervous anytime I hear westerners doing good in the third world. There are some organizations that do their best without any hidden agenda of exploitation, and those you can tell by the enemies they make, but still, that's the kind of sentiment that has led to many bad things in history.
It would be fascinating to track how the left leaning students gradually align with the right wing administrative agenda, if that is a thing that actually happens, of course. (I've always found the left to right shift to be a fascinating and puzzling thing.)