They don't buy the radical feminist stuff, or the poverty pimp games, or the hysteria about guns. The Establishment is Liberal, Elite, and waaaaay past it's 60's prime. Kids know it. They're also tired of liberal 'professors' who milk them - and their parents - for half assed educations...
Unfortunately, those that are not indoctrinated usually end up becoming Libertarians of the Ron-Paul type. There’s a huge vacuum out there that we could fill, but the conservative outreach just isn’t there at the moment.
I guess the public schools with their ridiculous rules about paper guns, finger guns, and Miss Kitty bubble guns aren’t having much of an influence on young people today.