Sorry, just some semantics on here- this is really not making sense. Not meant to be an attack on anyone’s beliefs, but still:
Everyone is saying that By and Jewish education is not brainwashing. It is giving over information. These same people are saying that college, by offering liberal courses, IS brainwashing. Again, by giving over information.
What’s the difference?
One could argue that liberal arts colleges teach this material in a convincing way with a peer pressure argument- this is the right way and people who don’t believe in this are intolerant and wrong. One could also argue that this is the way that BYs teach. We are right, this is why we say so and everyone else (including those LACs) is wrong.
Or perhaps it’s because one thing you agree with and one thing you disagree with.
This isn’t to say that I necessarily believe that the two belief systems are on equal footing, or even apples and apples. It’s just to say that perhaps we should rethink our definitions of brainwashing. One could argue that any method of conveying information which is received and adopted could be brainwashing.