Intolerance and Diversity

I began UCSF 3 weeks ago and it is very different that BYU.  I love the different cultures and people of all walks of life.  In orientation we had an hour dedicated to tolerance and diversity.  We even had group sessions and talked about our lives.  It was boring and I didn't really think much of it, except it was cutting into my gchat time.  But now, 3 weeks into the program, I have discovered that tolerance at UCSF or any liberal leaning school is weighted to the left.  Everyday in class someone makes a comment about how awful the Bush Administration is and how "you know who" will fix that.  (I was going to vote for "you know who," but now I don't want to out of spite.  I think I'm going to write myself in, just for fun.)  

I find it ironic that people who are very liberal, think they are forward in their thinking and different and unique, but everyone around them thinks the same thing and votes the same way.  It's hardly unique or different.  They constantly preach to the choir and have hardly any opposition.  The problem is the people who disagree with their ideas are not welcome to voice their opinions.  When a "forward thinking" liberal says something controversial, everyone claps and nods, but if someone on the more conservative side disagrees, they're labeled as ignorant, intolerant, or a bigot.  

I would not consider myself 100% conservative in the political sense, but I do not feel welcome to express my thoughts in class.  I am not intolerant or ignorant.  I have beliefs and morals and a belief in God that has taught me that there is right and wrong.  There are eternal truths that will be true spanning any culture or era.  Unfortunately, they are never popular.  People don't want to hear that what they're doing is wrong.  They love to hear validation and justification.  That's why I find it ironic that with all the teaching of tolerance, they have no tolerance for people who disagree with them.