Current Events > FL Gov signs law requiring students/faculty be asked thier political beliefs

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Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) on Tuesday signed legislation mandating public colleges and universities survey students and faculty about their beliefs in an effort to promote intellectual diversity on campuses. We obviously want our universities to be focused on critical thinking, academic rigor, DeSantis said during a news conference Tuesday, according to the Naples Daily News.

We do not want them as basically hotbeds for stale ideology, he said. It used to be thought that a university campus was a place where youd be exposed to a lot of different ideas, DeSantis said. Unfortunately, now the norm is, these are more intellectually repressive environments, he added. Under House Bill 233, surveys would be conducted annually on campuses to assess viewpoint diversity and intellectual freedom, and determine the extent to which competing ideas and perspectives are presented, and whether students and faculty feel free to express beliefs and viewpoints on campus and in the classroom.

The bill does not specifically say what will be done with survey results, but DeSantis suggested budget cuts could be imminent if universities and colleges are found to be indoctrinating students. Thats not worth tax dollars and thats not something that were going to be supporting moving forward, the governor said. The legislation, which goes into effect July 1, also aims to ensure students are being shown ideas that they may disagree with or find uncomfortable. The measure was among three education bills signed by DeSantis Tuesday. Other measures included an expansion of civics education for K-12 schools, including instruction about the perils of communist and totalitarian governments.

The legislation, which goes into effect July 1, also aims to ensure students are being shown ideas that they may disagree with or find uncomfortable.

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Other measures included an expansion of civics education for K-12 schools, including instruction about the perils of communist and totalitarian governments.

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Conservatives know that their days are numbered once the older generation dies off

I think this is pretty off base, unfortunately. If anything, younger conservatives are further right and more openly embracing fascism and white nationalism.

So basically if you're conservative you're ok, but if you're liberal prepare for budget cuts because of "indoctrination".

Yeah, but there's not nearly as many as the older generation.

unfortunately, he's right. The "older generation fade out" theory about conservativism is shortsighted, and cannot be relied upon.

Yeah, but there's not nearly as many as the older generation.

This won't be happening at my alma mater and I'll be encouraging my relatives to attend it, as well.
The University of Life, doesn't have safe spaces, nor surveys and never will.

The improper use of commas in that post is making my head hurt.

Astonishing to me how the people who have the biggest boner for the constitution and freedom are the ones who understand it the least and have no problem using it as an asswipe

Simple answer, they were lying. They don't give a shit about the constitution or this country. They only like it when they can use it to satisfy some warped objective. When it's against them they will be the first to try to set it on fire.

He's not.

do you want to take a chance on that? We're on the same team here. "The problem will sort itself out because time and aging process" doesn't work. It's blind idealism. Last week proved that and the shit happening since then is eroding that logic even further.

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I'm not taking a chance on anything. The younger generations aren't really what i'm worried about or what you should worry about; what should REALLY be worried about is that if the fascists who are currently in power will be able to install a dictatorship and/or a theocracy before they actually do die off, and then it'll be too late for anyone to do anything about it. If Deathsantis is elected president, it's likely as good as over.

I don't have any power to do anything, anyway. I'm expecting to be in a camp a few years down the road for the "crime" of being transgender, x.x

I do like the lack of safe spaces mentioned in the bill, you're in a university, you're going to hear and see shit that's uncomfortable and you got to deal with it.

We do not want our universities as basically hotbeds for liberal ideology, he said. It used to be thought that a university campus was a place where youd be exposed to liberal AND conservative ideas, DeSantis said. Unfortunately, now the norm is, these are environments where conservative views like mine have been rejected, he added. Under House Bill 233, surveys would be conducted annually on campuses to assess alignment with conservative values, and determine the extent to which my political ideologies are presented, and whether enough students and faculty are vocally conservative

The bill does not specifically say what will be done with survey results, but DeSantis suggested budget cuts could be imminent if universities and colleges are found to not be conservative enough. Thats not worth tax dollars and thats not something that were going to be supporting moving forward, the governor said. The legislation, which goes into effect July 1, also aims to ensure students are being shown conservative ideas that they will disagree with and find uncomfortable. The measure was among three education bills signed by DeSantis Tuesday. Other measures included an expansion of civics education for K-12 schools, including instruction about the perils of communist and totalitarian governments.