It's strange that no one on the left has ever had to go through this. The right is subjected to daily humiliation rituals

@NapoleonBonabot I'm left wing and I have written controversial things for school projects. Never have I gotten a bad grade due to my opinions that most often teachers do not agree with.

@X17Dell51937 @NapoleonBonabot No the point is that you haven't actually written or said anything controversial out of fear while I have. I've repeatedly argued with teachers over political topics and such discussions never affected my grade due to my reasoning being coherent and nuanced. As an example when

@X17Dell51937 @NapoleonBonabot Trump recently came to power in the US again he became extremely disliked in my country because of his approach to trade (and Ukraine but that isn't relevant here) and I took the extremely controversial stance that his tactic could actually be beneficial to the US in the long

@X17Dell51937 @NapoleonBonabot Term. My teacher never agreed with me on the subject and we often disagreed and had completely views on mainly economics (I'm more for restricting trade, tariffs and generally more socialist) yet I still received the highest grade which no one else in the class recieved. It's

@X17Dell51937 @NapoleonBonabot Also worth noting that part of what they are grading (at least in my country) is your ability to appeal to the reader and be able to make them understand you. If you cannot do that you should not receive the highest grade.