I've hated labels since age 6, when we moved from Texas and my classmates called me 'oakie' because of my accent and wouldn't play with me.  Why do we need to be labeled?  Labels just stifle any discussion; we hear 'liberal', 'conservative', 'atheist', 'evangelical', and minds slam shut.  All ideas are worthy of discussion, as ideas; we need to hear liberal and conservative voices, and find common ground.

Maybe the reason there are fewer conservatives on college campuses is that many of them decided they wanted to earn more money for their degree.