Dealing with it

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How do you do it?

I'm a sophomore art major at a state university, and the ways of public education are well ingrained in my head. The problem with being a non-liberal in art school, however, is that you are totally and completely ostracized for the most part. And despite the fact that I am quite a loudmouth and thick-skinned, I always have to jam my mouth shut when politics get involved because I know saying one thing will totally get me demonized.

That's why I adored this post and its contained article, and I think the best adage for how I feel was said in the article: As a college student, I feel like I have to be closeted for my views. But thanks to that post telling me of that article, I have the "published article" I need for TWO projects! And you cannot understand how excited that makes me.

But, well, you know how it is. Bringing politics into anything is a deadly risk that I'm almost afraid to take. Thing is, I won't have been the one to cast the first stone. It'll be a challenge to defend what I did, though, and for that, I am...worried. :\