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Be Your Authentic Self! (As Long As It’s Correctly Progressive)

88 percent of college students admit to faking left-wing views

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Ted Balaker
Aug 26, 2025
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If there’s one thing I’m fed up with, it's authenticity.

Not the actual kind — I’m a big fan of that — but the corrupted version that’s touted endlessly in pop culture.

Be your authentic self!

Be true to yourself!

You do you!

We hear the sentiment from Netflix original movies to pop songs and social media influencers. We’r…

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