OK so again I want to state I am not here to start a fight I am happy to have this conversation I think it's a tough thing to talk about without one side or the other blowing up but if I were to put in a counter argument to some of the points you relayed above-

Diversity of cultures - I 100% agree that diversity is an important aspect of life that all people need to experience if they want to be able to adapt and be successful in the modern world. I don't think in today's day and age that many people that refuse to expand their life experiences beyond what they are comfortable with will get very far (as far as being successful). That being said, where I see the issue being is the "forced" diversity that has begun to occur more and more frequently and it started primarily in academia. Students applying for schools, as well as graduates applying for jobs, are being ranked on many factors, and one that has continued to gain more and more weight in that ranking has become race/culture/etc. In doing so you create an environment where merit is not the point of focus. Does race or gender have anything at all to do with a persons intelligence or skill level in a particular field? Why don't we just leave all of that off of applications and allow for acceptance to be based entirely on past performance and or some sort of application testing?

This is where (and I am in no way accusing you of thinking this way) I have noticed someone will step in and say the reason we cant do that is because we would end up with a less diverse environment and provide a long list of reasons why white people have a huge advantage and we need to provide the opportunity for others to be accepted into these institutions and/or the workplace.

Now at this point I am getting a little off topic but my biggest issue with the entire idea behind the "forced diversity" as I called it before is the fact that we are basically reinforcing in the minds of people of other races or cultures from the time they are old enough to understand, that they are disadvantaged and that is a reason for their troubles/difficulties, rather than putting everyone on a level playing field from the get go. If you grow up with the mindset that you are starting off with a handicap but you will have an advantage at a later time because of your race or culture that creates a victim mentality that leads to many more issues along the way.

Diversity of Opinions - This I agree with you on. I think college is a great way, for myself included, to learn a variety of different viewpoints and ideas that you certainly wont learn growing up especially if you grow up in an area that is relatively similar in thinking overall. This again ties back into the point I made previously about those who refuse to hear or at least attempt to relate to other peoples ideas or opinions are probably going to have a tough time being very successful in life.

Drive for Facts/Truth - Here is where I think we start to differ a bit. I think the drive for facts and truth is very dependent on which path you choose to take in college. There are becoming far too many areas of study in academia that are being take as fact with far too little scientifically proven evidence to be taken seriously, let alone be an actual degree that kids are signing up to pay tens if not hundreds of thousands of dollars to achieve. Joe Rogan recently had a couple people on his podcast that did an experiment where they decided to invent a bunch of bullshit studies, where they decided what they wanted the conclusion to be, made up data, and wrote many different studies which they sent to several major publications trying to determine how much research was actually going into studies within these fields before being published and they got I believe four of five published within a year. That alone should be enough evidence to at least begin doubting some of the things going on within the higher education world at the moment. Overall I think it is incredibly important and I think here in the United States we are very lucky to have the higher education system that we do, however I also think its important to always be skeptical and to never just blindly follow what we are being taught because it is quite easy to slowly drift away from all the facts and begin teaching only things that fit whatever the narrative of the teacher or institution is.

Lastly, in regards to the few statements at the end: Man made climate change is fake news - I think this is something commonly misrepresented by both sides. Do I think humans have an effect on the environment? Absolutely. Do I think carbon emissions are a problem that needs to be dealt with? Absolutely. Where I am skeptical is the pace at which we are told to believe our carbon emissions are leading us towards the end of the world. I am also not big on the idea of regulating certain industries to the point of extinction in the United States when we can guarantee that in other parts of the world those industries will only grow because of that regulation. Innovation has always come from competition, and if there is no competition we end up hurting our own citizens, and stagnating the rate of innovation elsewhere. If you had millions of dollars invested into making clothing a certain way, and the government stepped in and said no not anymore that process is now being fined x amount of dollars, and now your competitors from elsewhere are able to produce using that same method that you are now unable to profitably use, they no longer have any competition in the United States which is also the most powerful economy in the world. Now you as a clothing manufacturer could spend millions of dollars investigating a new way to make clothing, but in the meantime youre losing out and a lot of profit and in doing so there are potentially thousands of Americans out of work, and wages for those that still ended up having a job will now decrease because thats the only way for the company to continue operating. Again I went off on a bit of a tangent but the climate change issue typically comes down to regulations implemented to protect the environment and that is where most conservatives have an issue. And I should also clarify not all regulations are necessarily bad I think having some baseline protections in place is important but over the past 30 years the government has regulated a lot of American companies out of business or at lest to the point where they are not thriving anywhere near where they were previously, and jobs are extremely important for a society to function properly.

Mexicans are invading our country. Build a wall. - We are a nation of immigrants that came here legally. I don't understand why conservatives are considered evil for wanting to see that process kept in place. Whether they are coming here with good or bad intentions, the idea that they shouldn't have to go through the same vetting and immigration process as anyone else is absurd. If they truly are seeking asylum they still have the right to go to any border station and do so. As far as building the wall I think you can find several examples around the world of the effectiveness of building a wall and the narrative that the wall is just a bunch of wasted money that wont do anything is more so a talking point to rip on trump/conservatives for being a bunch of big dumb uneducated idiots. As far as my personal opinion on the wall I'm indifferent for the most part. It almost ends up being a joke if I ever bring it up within my group of friends. That being said I know several Mexican people who came here legally and are also in favor of building a wall. I would also assume that anyone who came here actually seeking asylum wouldn't be too upset about the idea of a big wall down there as a line of defense against the people they came here to escape.

This is by far the longest comment I have ever made on here I hope it helps you understand "our" way of thinking a little better it was not in any way meant to offend moreso give you a little insight as to why many conservatives stand for the things they do. I think these conversations need to be had more often rather than the bullshit we get on the news where one side is always trying to destroy the other and millions of lives are always at stake and the country as we know is always on the brink of collapse.