The University of Central Florida (UCF), one of the state's public universities, has a robust program in Women's and Gender Studies. More than 170 current students have chosen to minor in Women's and Gender Studies, a curriculum that "emphasizes intersectional approaches to the study of gender, race, class, ethnicity, and sexuality in national and transnational contexts." The
Hillsdale College sends mass mailings, I have read some of the complete BS they write. Certainly DeSantis changing New College into something like that seems par for the course.
From making military veterans into automatic teachers without degrees, banning books, legislating against minority groups and women, one would think Nazi Germany 1936 was the standard DeSantis and FLA conservatives are using to shape the future.
Yet. AP has a story this Monday morning how DeSantis is the golden boy for the GOP candidate presidential race in 2024.
The thinking man's candidate compared to the MAGAs and Trump? Nationally we could look into the barrel of this cannon. Geezus.
My late father-in-law was on the mailing list for the Hillsdale College newsletter, "Imprimis." Although he passed 7 years ago, they're still sending the newsletter. The current one is sitting on my desk right now, with the main story blaring its headline: "The Twitter Files Reveal an Existential Threat," written by a "senior editor at The Federalist." That shows you the absolute shallowness of the "thinking" that these people do. I read them when they come in, under the principle of "know they enemy."
Elsewhere, other news outlets still insist Trump is the future nominee. I think the press is simply playing horserace games. It's way too early to know who will be the nominee. I personally don't care, because I'm sure they're going to lose. Despite the GOP's extremist antics, they are still struggling to get people sold on a fascist future.
They can only sell a fascist future to their hardcores...others. If they knew what was in store, would run. But so many of their softer voters don’t know, or don’t believe what anyone but Fox tells them.
The comments above are true about the educated as opposed to those with not so much having access and interest in the importance off this enormous overreach. Many would just admire DeSatan for being the big bad white fascist he is and would feel the field is leveled without the elitists being in charge.
We who visit news sites and read blogs are not a majority. Most Americans are low information voters, because so many have gotten used to everything being the same for them regardless of which party is running things. I remember my 20's as a young mother to small kids, and I literally had no time or interest for politics. Now I'm on the other end of things, and I'm limited in how much of my time I care to spend on politics. I'm so fatigued by it all, and there's not much I can do about any of it, so I do my best to stay calm. Looking back the last 8 years, a lot of the stuff the "liberal" media said would happen under Trump did not happen. It felt like the story of Chicken Little. I have decided to have a little faith and trust in President Biden, and in the American people, especially the almost 8 million who voted out Trump in 2020. The news media sells fear, and we've been buying too much of it.
So I’ve read 3 paragraphs and I wonder why ppl live in Florida? Old white ppl I understand, they care about their immediate needs and nothing else...too bad the death cult are trying to end their lives quicker... I digress, young ppl, women, family’s are getting screwed. Why? I’d rather live in a ditch in a state that actually does things to help me in my ditch! Just makes it hard to get out of bed when I read the article. Back at it...🤢
I agree w everything you said and it’s hard to see what that monster and his lackeys are getting away with. I’m an old white woman, but I still work here in Florida. My job and my husband’s business would not transfer to another locale. I have children and grandchildren here and can’t imagine my life without them near but still think about giving it all up to get the hell outta here. If desantis becomes President, I fear the future we all face. It’s very difficult to immigrate to Canada. I’ve checked.
I’m so sorry! My question was rhetorical but I do understand ppl can’t just up and move. I just ache for all the loving and caring ppl who live there! Deathsantis is a monster who cares nothing for anyone but white whiny men!
The weather, and it's cheaper than a lot of places elsewhere. I hate hot weather, cockroaches and Republicans, not necessarily in that order, so I'll stay in NY.
I want to be close to my family, otherwise I would retire somewhere in New England. I love seeing the seasons change, hate big cities and love peace and quiet. I couldn't live in a warm place after spending 6 years in Egypt. The heat there was just too much. I felt ill by the time 5:00 pm rolled around, I despise having to fight cockroaches and although I enjoy a good strong thunderstorm (and basically, Cairo had almost no rain and only one thunderstorm during the years I lived there), I do not enjoy hurricanes and tornadoes. NY is hardly the cheapest place, but my family is what matters to me. One of my high school friends retired to South Carolina, which has been clobbered by politics and by horrendous weather ever since they moved there.
I have a relative in a mixed-race marriage who is making plans to move there NOW!!! Yes, their children are all grown and that but they don't seem to see that their actions, should they choose to move there, support this madness!
And they get news like everyone else so it's not like they are unaware of current events.
Thank you, Jodi. People also have businesses or employment here that make it difficult to leave. People don't realize these things when they say, "why do people live there".
Unfortunately there are many (in many categories) who live in FL who LOVE DeSantis. I question their values--our country has mixed values--and education helps us to form higher values.
I subscribe to Hillsdale College. They have lots of ideas. Lots and lots of them., They are against diversity, inclusion, LGBTQ persons, the dreaded CRT, fairness and all of that. They are also FOR guns, butter, money, conservatism and Jesus, not necessarily in that order.
It is quite fascinating to read the screeds and imagine the poisonous and diseased mind (s) who dream this ish up. This in an effort to "know thy enemy." These guys are Nazis for real and we are receiving our forwarning.
Adam, my father in law ( now passed) was an ultra conservative Catholic, who apparently subscribed to Hillsdale College mail. I moved from Florida, after living there 20 years, back in 2006. My husband remained there a bit longer & when his father was in nursing home,
(prior to his passing) received much of his mail. (When my husband moved to our home in Georgia after retiring, some of his father's mail was forwarded.) I saw brochures from Hillsdale & curious as I am, read them & about their ultra conservative agenda in education & politically. I found its content disturbing. Rolled my eyes, called them & told them to delete our new address in Georgia from their mailing list, as my deceased father in law never resided here. But I do understand your thinking of " know thy enemy."
I have been taking a bit of a break from some of my " political " readings of the last few weeks, at least in terms of commenting. Though, much like a bad car wreck (or train accident in Ohio;) it's hard to turn away from reading my various sub-stack feeds. So many alarming & damning events. These racist, misogynistic, bigoted, homophobic ba$tard$ & cretins are working overtime; to dumb down & desensitize the upcoming generations in Florida (for now), to so many of the differences that make us a richly diverse & multi layered culture & nation. A diversity that, if embraced & interwoven into the fabric of our unique culture, could ( I believe) be enriching to all.
Yes we can do better. Need to do better, but there were folks working towards that goal of making students & young folks aware of the richness of that diversity.
I attended UCF in Orlando, IN 1994-96, returning to complete my degree later in life. A decent school. Nice campus & certainly a diverse offering, terms of courses...then. Now these narrow minded, goose steppers want to chip away at the curriculum. Book by book, class by class, professor by professor.
"Nazis" indeed, in nicer attire; thus they blend in. My concern is they're not ALL total idiots, as they appear to have a plan/ agenda, and a strategy for implementing it. And their foot soldiers are lining up; in the form of legislators; DeSantis clones on various boards & in the form of some voters. Some are either asleep at the wheel, for various reasons as mentioned prior, or totally on board in looking to recreate portions of an America from the 1950s. An America that overall, no longer, should no longer exist. And these foot soldiers are working overtime towards their goals. Which means those opposing these draconian measures towards serious censorship & the reshaping of culture from diverse to one size fits all...if you're white & "the rest be damned", must redouble their efforts.
The ACLU is fighting some of these measures in court rooms around the country. ( Card carrying -dues paying member here..) But it takes lots of money, as these efforts to restrain freedoms pop up, like moles from the Whack a Mole game, in court rooms & capital buildings around the nation. My question is again, who's funding the other sides efforts? Someone..corporations, wealthy someone's with big agendas...is putting their foot soldiers on the path to advancing their game plan, but overall not being totally blunt about announcing how deeply involved they are; as the optics might be damning at this point still, IF you could put more faces/ names to it. So I suspect they must still fear the opposition. The angry mob at their gates, brandishing our shovels & pitchforks....infuriated at being duped & manipulated. My biggest fear is that I might not live long enough to see this mess cleaned up....to see how the story ends, for our children & grand children.
The Koch Bros dark money network is no conspiracy theory, but a strategy in play even now, intended to bring about negative change to our society. I do not think they are dumb. The leaders anyway. They are another dreaded "D" word. Dangerous.
The Koch brothers & a handful of other names, have come up too many times in the last 10-15 years of my searches & readings. And not in a good way. No doubt "dangerous" & a slew of other negative, descriptive adjectives apply along that line.
How do you think the leaders of Hillsdale would respond to the simple question - "Have you read the gospel? Your love of guns and hate for the marginalized would suggest otherwise."
In their selective reading, Jesus carries an AR15, drives a Ford Raptor or a Chevy Power Wagon, has tatoos of Jesus and drinks Bud Lite Dry. Why? Wtf knows.
Could I suggest an alternative explanation. They don't read shit. They repeat what they are told by the pastor who tells them what to think, mostly based on the two sides of the right wing white evangelical coin - give 10% of gross to the pastor, hate those the pastor tells you are spawn of Satan. Or in the case of charlatans like Joel Osteen, Pat Robertson, Kenneth Copeland, Ken Ham, etc., the third side of the coin is "Don't wait till you die to have your pie in the sky, have it now with ice cream on top. Follow Jeezus as I do and you will be as rich as me. And don't forget to tithe"
DeSantis needs to dumb down the level of post-secondary education in Floriduh in order to make it accessible (and passable) for the dumbed down kids that will be "graduating" from Floriduh high schools. All of the best students and all of the best faculty will flee, leaving these institutions to be led by ideologues and their faculties full of professors with mail order PhDs.
Not what I read and hear....that he can be very dull, uncharismatic, and a dud when debating (Remember his blank silence responding to Charlie Crist?). [fingers crossed]
I'm nowhere near as confident as you. Poll after poll shows that he's "the man to beat" and even with the Former Guy going all-in on DeSantis attacks, the poll numbers aren't really changing much, if at all.
Florida colleges receive millions of dollars in federal funds. If this law is passed, that should end. With the changes already, it looks like a bad investment and the money can be better spent to support actual educational institutions elsewhere.
First DeSantis came for the high schools by having his proxies replace school board members, removing books he deemed unacceptable, revoking curriculum he believes is “too woke” and threatening the college board with removal of all AP classes if they don’t bend to his wishes.
Then he came for the colleges and universities by directly replacing the trustees, enacting laws to control pieces of the curriculum, firing at least one college president and now this- the wholesale removal of entire curriculums.
To those who believe that DeSantis should be the next president, I say he is extremely dangerous. He is very disciplined, laser focused and has shown us his authoritarian skills.
"Kudos" to Ron DeSantis for being both an embarrassment as a History major from his undergrad studies and an embarrassment as a fellow Italian-American. Florida really has a winner on their hands, with a number of other peaches in the state legislature.
This is a frantic attempt at total control by De Santis’ Nazi regime.
If I was an educator in Florida I would flee that devil- dealing governor’s state.
For him to decide text message’s , emails, are his property and being used to catch Educator’s not following his diabolical commands, well we know who he is.
If we allow these restrictions as his prerogative, we might as well throw the Constitution out completely.
Oh I know , states rights and all that.
But this is still America and to deny access to our core freedoms is not acceptable on every level.
If he continues w this BS there should be a mass exodus from Florida of educators . Im sure De Santis will find some Nazis that are willing to uphold his racist and derogatory brain storms.
But for all these systems to buckle down under this lunatic, just wrong.
I should not be flippant about this. I grew up in a blue collar area in the 1940’s . This approach to understanding any “divergence” from the norms of this community were “handled”. Suppression , regression, segregation, behavioral suffocation , and cancelation kept everyone and everything “in line”. It was a suffocating world in which we were all alike and all thought the same things. What a waste.
Just waking, scanning this information, coming for a while now from Death (to education, books, libraries, inquiry)
DeSantis. The man thinks he can dictate thought; may be in a quest for the presidency. Maybe he’s having a misogynistic mid-life crisis. He must not be allowed to ascend any further into the world of politics; he cares not about diversity. Nor people; only power. He’s a bully using his current position to take Florida back hundreds of years in inclusive academic studies. Maybe he just wants to recreate MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE. Good grief, what an egomaniac. Let’s (the voters in Florida and the USA) not let him ascend to the throne he desperately seeks. I surmise the Christian right supports him or do they? He’s cruel; just seeking a bigger bullhorn from which to preach his insanity.
Controlling thinking and molding youth to follow the right-wing agenda is part of Charles Koch’s overall plan aimed at replacing democracy with fascism. You can bet, hand-picked puppets like Ben Sasse are in the wings, awaiting marching orders...
It is becoming more and more obvious. Women need to ban together and take over. People of color should ban together and take over. In fact any person who doesn’t fit the images in the minds of cranky old whites should ban together and take over. In the alternative many Floridians who are none of the aforementioned should leave. And none of the aforementioned categories of people should travel to or do business in Florida. There is something wrong about Florida and it is not just the governor.
Jodi, I left as well in 06, for similar reasons. Not sustainable & money had taken over to the detriment of the environment & the people. I couldn't stand to be there any longer & moved to Georgia. I could tolerate the winter & felt / feel we have a chance to change the political landscape...I hope. Though there's been a lot of neglect here politically, terms of the poverty seen here in the rural areas especially, the demographics is changing enough where I hope to see some positive changes; during what's left of my lifetime.
I’m so sorry you’re stuck in a place you’d rather not be; and I understand the reasons well. Best wishes to you in living the best life you can in compromised (at best) circumstances.
I hope that people can see the parallel between what DeSantis is doing and what's happening in Afghanistan and some other dictatorships in the world. Is this who we want controlling the state or country?????
Hillsdale College sends mass mailings, I have read some of the complete BS they write. Certainly DeSantis changing New College into something like that seems par for the course.
From making military veterans into automatic teachers without degrees, banning books, legislating against minority groups and women, one would think Nazi Germany 1936 was the standard DeSantis and FLA conservatives are using to shape the future.
Yet. AP has a story this Monday morning how DeSantis is the golden boy for the GOP candidate presidential race in 2024.
The thinking man's candidate compared to the MAGAs and Trump? Nationally we could look into the barrel of this cannon. Geezus.
Boycott FLA economically. That's my best advice.
Good story, PI. Four Alarmer.
My late father-in-law was on the mailing list for the Hillsdale College newsletter, "Imprimis." Although he passed 7 years ago, they're still sending the newsletter. The current one is sitting on my desk right now, with the main story blaring its headline: "The Twitter Files Reveal an Existential Threat," written by a "senior editor at The Federalist." That shows you the absolute shallowness of the "thinking" that these people do. I read them when they come in, under the principle of "know they enemy."
Elsewhere, other news outlets still insist Trump is the future nominee. I think the press is simply playing horserace games. It's way too early to know who will be the nominee. I personally don't care, because I'm sure they're going to lose. Despite the GOP's extremist antics, they are still struggling to get people sold on a fascist future.
They can only sell a fascist future to their hardcores...others. If they knew what was in store, would run. But so many of their softer voters don’t know, or don’t believe what anyone but Fox tells them.
This is so reprehensible it is beyond words!
The comments above are true about the educated as opposed to those with not so much having access and interest in the importance off this enormous overreach. Many would just admire DeSatan for being the big bad white fascist he is and would feel the field is leveled without the elitists being in charge.
What exactly is "reprehensible" ?
We who visit news sites and read blogs are not a majority. Most Americans are low information voters, because so many have gotten used to everything being the same for them regardless of which party is running things. I remember my 20's as a young mother to small kids, and I literally had no time or interest for politics. Now I'm on the other end of things, and I'm limited in how much of my time I care to spend on politics. I'm so fatigued by it all, and there's not much I can do about any of it, so I do my best to stay calm. Looking back the last 8 years, a lot of the stuff the "liberal" media said would happen under Trump did not happen. It felt like the story of Chicken Little. I have decided to have a little faith and trust in President Biden, and in the American people, especially the almost 8 million who voted out Trump in 2020. The news media sells fear, and we've been buying too much of it.
So I’ve read 3 paragraphs and I wonder why ppl live in Florida? Old white ppl I understand, they care about their immediate needs and nothing else...too bad the death cult are trying to end their lives quicker... I digress, young ppl, women, family’s are getting screwed. Why? I’d rather live in a ditch in a state that actually does things to help me in my ditch! Just makes it hard to get out of bed when I read the article. Back at it...🤢
I agree w everything you said and it’s hard to see what that monster and his lackeys are getting away with. I’m an old white woman, but I still work here in Florida. My job and my husband’s business would not transfer to another locale. I have children and grandchildren here and can’t imagine my life without them near but still think about giving it all up to get the hell outta here. If desantis becomes President, I fear the future we all face. It’s very difficult to immigrate to Canada. I’ve checked.
I’m so sorry! My question was rhetorical but I do understand ppl can’t just up and move. I just ache for all the loving and caring ppl who live there! Deathsantis is a monster who cares nothing for anyone but white whiny men!
Precisely those 2 elements. The real question is "why do people choose to MOVE there?"
The weather, and it's cheaper than a lot of places elsewhere. I hate hot weather, cockroaches and Republicans, not necessarily in that order, so I'll stay in NY.
I want to be close to my family, otherwise I would retire somewhere in New England. I love seeing the seasons change, hate big cities and love peace and quiet. I couldn't live in a warm place after spending 6 years in Egypt. The heat there was just too much. I felt ill by the time 5:00 pm rolled around, I despise having to fight cockroaches and although I enjoy a good strong thunderstorm (and basically, Cairo had almost no rain and only one thunderstorm during the years I lived there), I do not enjoy hurricanes and tornadoes. NY is hardly the cheapest place, but my family is what matters to me. One of my high school friends retired to South Carolina, which has been clobbered by politics and by horrendous weather ever since they moved there.
I have a relative in a mixed-race marriage who is making plans to move there NOW!!! Yes, their children are all grown and that but they don't seem to see that their actions, should they choose to move there, support this madness!
And they get news like everyone else so it's not like they are unaware of current events.
That’s sad. They are choosing to become a part of this craziness.
Yes, although I had not mentioned that specific topic, climate change, in the famous words of Willie Nelson, is "always on my mind."
Thank you, Jodi. People also have businesses or employment here that make it difficult to leave. People don't realize these things when they say, "why do people live there".
Unfortunately there are many (in many categories) who live in FL who LOVE DeSantis. I question their values--our country has mixed values--and education helps us to form higher values.
How can they not afford to move!?! Unless they are white their lives will be a living hell.
Didn't all of America see that very issue with Katrina? How soon we forget!
I subscribe to Hillsdale College. They have lots of ideas. Lots and lots of them., They are against diversity, inclusion, LGBTQ persons, the dreaded CRT, fairness and all of that. They are also FOR guns, butter, money, conservatism and Jesus, not necessarily in that order.
It is quite fascinating to read the screeds and imagine the poisonous and diseased mind (s) who dream this ish up. This in an effort to "know thy enemy." These guys are Nazis for real and we are receiving our forwarning.
Adam, my father in law ( now passed) was an ultra conservative Catholic, who apparently subscribed to Hillsdale College mail. I moved from Florida, after living there 20 years, back in 2006. My husband remained there a bit longer & when his father was in nursing home,
(prior to his passing) received much of his mail. (When my husband moved to our home in Georgia after retiring, some of his father's mail was forwarded.) I saw brochures from Hillsdale & curious as I am, read them & about their ultra conservative agenda in education & politically. I found its content disturbing. Rolled my eyes, called them & told them to delete our new address in Georgia from their mailing list, as my deceased father in law never resided here. But I do understand your thinking of " know thy enemy."
I have been taking a bit of a break from some of my " political " readings of the last few weeks, at least in terms of commenting. Though, much like a bad car wreck (or train accident in Ohio;) it's hard to turn away from reading my various sub-stack feeds. So many alarming & damning events. These racist, misogynistic, bigoted, homophobic ba$tard$ & cretins are working overtime; to dumb down & desensitize the upcoming generations in Florida (for now), to so many of the differences that make us a richly diverse & multi layered culture & nation. A diversity that, if embraced & interwoven into the fabric of our unique culture, could ( I believe) be enriching to all.
Yes we can do better. Need to do better, but there were folks working towards that goal of making students & young folks aware of the richness of that diversity.
I attended UCF in Orlando, IN 1994-96, returning to complete my degree later in life. A decent school. Nice campus & certainly a diverse offering, terms of courses...then. Now these narrow minded, goose steppers want to chip away at the curriculum. Book by book, class by class, professor by professor.
"Nazis" indeed, in nicer attire; thus they blend in. My concern is they're not ALL total idiots, as they appear to have a plan/ agenda, and a strategy for implementing it. And their foot soldiers are lining up; in the form of legislators; DeSantis clones on various boards & in the form of some voters. Some are either asleep at the wheel, for various reasons as mentioned prior, or totally on board in looking to recreate portions of an America from the 1950s. An America that overall, no longer, should no longer exist. And these foot soldiers are working overtime towards their goals. Which means those opposing these draconian measures towards serious censorship & the reshaping of culture from diverse to one size fits all...if you're white & "the rest be damned", must redouble their efforts.
The ACLU is fighting some of these measures in court rooms around the country. ( Card carrying -dues paying member here..) But it takes lots of money, as these efforts to restrain freedoms pop up, like moles from the Whack a Mole game, in court rooms & capital buildings around the nation. My question is again, who's funding the other sides efforts? Someone..corporations, wealthy someone's with big agendas...is putting their foot soldiers on the path to advancing their game plan, but overall not being totally blunt about announcing how deeply involved they are; as the optics might be damning at this point still, IF you could put more faces/ names to it. So I suspect they must still fear the opposition. The angry mob at their gates, brandishing our shovels & pitchforks....infuriated at being duped & manipulated. My biggest fear is that I might not live long enough to see this mess cleaned up....to see how the story ends, for our children & grand children.
The Koch Bros dark money network is no conspiracy theory, but a strategy in play even now, intended to bring about negative change to our society. I do not think they are dumb. The leaders anyway. They are another dreaded "D" word. Dangerous.
The Koch brothers & a handful of other names, have come up too many times in the last 10-15 years of my searches & readings. And not in a good way. No doubt "dangerous" & a slew of other negative, descriptive adjectives apply along that line.
All of that and then some.
Koch entities as well as other wealthy individuals/corporations are behind a lot of this. Here’s a list of who the Koch entities supported in 2020: https://www.sourcewatch.org/index.php?title=Koch_Candidates,_2020#Texas_6
Thanks Jan. Appears to be largely ( & logically repubs) with oddly enough a few dems in Texas. Wonder what that's all about. Hmm.
I read Dark Money by Jane Mayer years ago. It was a hard book to get through. The onslaught has been unrelenting for over 30 years.
Katherine Stewart writes about white evangelical nationalism in The Power Worshippers. They are relentless and powerful, too.
Yes, Dark Money was an eye opener. I've not read nor heard of "The Power Worshippers." I'll be sourcing a copy soon. Thank you.
What a miserable group!
Hooray to ACLU! All who can should donate something to ACLU and Amnesty International.
How do you think the leaders of Hillsdale would respond to the simple question - "Have you read the gospel? Your love of guns and hate for the marginalized would suggest otherwise."
In their selective reading, Jesus carries an AR15, drives a Ford Raptor or a Chevy Power Wagon, has tatoos of Jesus and drinks Bud Lite Dry. Why? Wtf knows.
Could I suggest an alternative explanation. They don't read shit. They repeat what they are told by the pastor who tells them what to think, mostly based on the two sides of the right wing white evangelical coin - give 10% of gross to the pastor, hate those the pastor tells you are spawn of Satan. Or in the case of charlatans like Joel Osteen, Pat Robertson, Kenneth Copeland, Ken Ham, etc., the third side of the coin is "Don't wait till you die to have your pie in the sky, have it now with ice cream on top. Follow Jeezus as I do and you will be as rich as me. And don't forget to tithe"
DeSantis needs to dumb down the level of post-secondary education in Floriduh in order to make it accessible (and passable) for the dumbed down kids that will be "graduating" from Floriduh high schools. All of the best students and all of the best faculty will flee, leaving these institutions to be led by ideologues and their faculties full of professors with mail order PhDs.
I fear the level of Book Burning in Florida has reached a point where it is now contributing to Global Warming.
LOL thanks for some humor!
Governor DeSantis is terrifying.
Can anyone imagine what a President DeSantis would do??????
He probably goes to sleep at night imagining all the executive orders he'll sign.
Same here. It is awful to contemplate. And the REALLY horrifying thing is that (I think) he'd be just about impossible to beat in 2024.
Not what I read and hear....that he can be very dull, uncharismatic, and a dud when debating (Remember his blank silence responding to Charlie Crist?). [fingers crossed]
Hopefully, as DeSantis receives more attention and scrutiny, folks will tire of his hand jive and fascism.
I'm nowhere near as confident as you. Poll after poll shows that he's "the man to beat" and even with the Former Guy going all-in on DeSantis attacks, the poll numbers aren't really changing much, if at all.
Florida colleges receive millions of dollars in federal funds. If this law is passed, that should end. With the changes already, it looks like a bad investment and the money can be better spent to support actual educational institutions elsewhere.
Can federal funds can be cut from Florida schools?
First DeSantis came for the high schools by having his proxies replace school board members, removing books he deemed unacceptable, revoking curriculum he believes is “too woke” and threatening the college board with removal of all AP classes if they don’t bend to his wishes.
Then he came for the colleges and universities by directly replacing the trustees, enacting laws to control pieces of the curriculum, firing at least one college president and now this- the wholesale removal of entire curriculums.
To those who believe that DeSantis should be the next president, I say he is extremely dangerous. He is very disciplined, laser focused and has shown us his authoritarian skills.
"Kudos" to Ron DeSantis for being both an embarrassment as a History major from his undergrad studies and an embarrassment as a fellow Italian-American. Florida really has a winner on their hands, with a number of other peaches in the state legislature.
This is a frantic attempt at total control by De Santis’ Nazi regime.
If I was an educator in Florida I would flee that devil- dealing governor’s state.
For him to decide text message’s , emails, are his property and being used to catch Educator’s not following his diabolical commands, well we know who he is.
If we allow these restrictions as his prerogative, we might as well throw the Constitution out completely.
Oh I know , states rights and all that.
But this is still America and to deny access to our core freedoms is not acceptable on every level.
If he continues w this BS there should be a mass exodus from Florida of educators . Im sure De Santis will find some Nazis that are willing to uphold his racist and derogatory brain storms.
But for all these systems to buckle down under this lunatic, just wrong.
I should not be flippant about this. I grew up in a blue collar area in the 1940’s . This approach to understanding any “divergence” from the norms of this community were “handled”. Suppression , regression, segregation, behavioral suffocation , and cancelation kept everyone and everything “in line”. It was a suffocating world in which we were all alike and all thought the same things. What a waste.
Just waking, scanning this information, coming for a while now from Death (to education, books, libraries, inquiry)
DeSantis. The man thinks he can dictate thought; may be in a quest for the presidency. Maybe he’s having a misogynistic mid-life crisis. He must not be allowed to ascend any further into the world of politics; he cares not about diversity. Nor people; only power. He’s a bully using his current position to take Florida back hundreds of years in inclusive academic studies. Maybe he just wants to recreate MAN IN HIS OWN IMAGE. Good grief, what an egomaniac. Let’s (the voters in Florida and the USA) not let him ascend to the throne he desperately seeks. I surmise the Christian right supports him or do they? He’s cruel; just seeking a bigger bullhorn from which to preach his insanity.
Thank you, Jodi, thought so. Fits the mold, doesn’t he?
Controlling thinking and molding youth to follow the right-wing agenda is part of Charles Koch’s overall plan aimed at replacing democracy with fascism. You can bet, hand-picked puppets like Ben Sasse are in the wings, awaiting marching orders...
It is becoming more and more obvious. Women need to ban together and take over. People of color should ban together and take over. In fact any person who doesn’t fit the images in the minds of cranky old whites should ban together and take over. In the alternative many Floridians who are none of the aforementioned should leave. And none of the aforementioned categories of people should travel to or do business in Florida. There is something wrong about Florida and it is not just the governor.
Jodi, I left as well in 06, for similar reasons. Not sustainable & money had taken over to the detriment of the environment & the people. I couldn't stand to be there any longer & moved to Georgia. I could tolerate the winter & felt / feel we have a chance to change the political landscape...I hope. Though there's been a lot of neglect here politically, terms of the poverty seen here in the rural areas especially, the demographics is changing enough where I hope to see some positive changes; during what's left of my lifetime.
I’m so sorry you’re stuck in a place you’d rather not be; and I understand the reasons well. Best wishes to you in living the best life you can in compromised (at best) circumstances.
War is Peace
Freedom is Slavery
Ignorance is Strength
DeSantis promotes "intellectual freedom in higher education"™
Yes, straight out of the doublethink playbook. And another example of how much the current radical right resembles Soviet Communists.
I hope that people can see the parallel between what DeSantis is doing and what's happening in Afghanistan and some other dictatorships in the world. Is this who we want controlling the state or country?????