Florida Governor Ron DeSantis
Gov. Ron DeSantis signed legislation requiring Florida students, faculty and staff to register their political views in surveys in an effort to promote "intellectual diversity" at colleges and universities, and the measure set off backlash across social media.
Critics decried the law, which DeSantis claims will promote freedom of speech, as a "thoroughly Orwellian" attempt to gain control over academic debate at institutions of higher learning.
Well, this is thoroughly Orwellian. Faculty and students of Florida, you know what to do! Freep Mini-Trump's stupid poll! \n\nState university faculty, students to be surveyed on beliefshttps://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/state-university-faculty-students-to-be-surveyed-on-beliefs/\u00a0\u2026— Betty Cracker \ud83d\udc0a (@Betty Cracker \ud83d\udc0a) 1624454881
Florida is trying real hard to go full fascist, using government power and authority to influence, silence, and promote preferred political points of view.https://twitter.com/realTuckFrumper/status/1407685318132834311\u00a0\u2026— Jordan (@Jordan) 1624456366
Well that's got to be unconstitutional: Florida students required to register political views with the state to promote \u2018intellectual diversity\u2019https://www.rawstory.com/florida-colleges-and-universities/\u00a0\u2026— David Rothkopf (@David Rothkopf) 1624455537
Florida is becoming too dangerous full of right wing extremists. \nFloridians are shooting each other every day while Gov DeSantis keeps signing authoritarian edicts & citizens applaud. Watching a nightmare in real time. Down is Up and Up is Down with palm trees & eroding beaches— Natives&ImmigrantsAreUS (@Natives&ImmigrantsAreUS) 1624454706
Our new authoritarian overlords like @RonDeSantisFL (who is a smart version of Trump) are coming for the universities now- including its support staff. \n\nBut tell me again how they aren't neofascists?https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/06/florida-to-require-university-students-staff-to-take-survey-that-measures-intellectual-diversity.html\u00a0\u2026— Rachel Bitecofer \ud83d\udcc8\ud83d\udd2d\ud83c\udf4c (@Rachel Bitecofer \ud83d\udcc8\ud83d\udd2d\ud83c\udf4c) 1624450474
DeSantis wants to survey university students and staff, with the threat of budget cuts if he doesn't get his way???\nDear Florida college students: Time to register your faith as Jedi and f-ck him up.https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/state-university-faculty-students-to-be-surveyed-on-beliefs/\u00a0\u2026— Witty Librarian In a Mask (@Witty Librarian In a Mask) 1624455089
The Florida education \u201cintellectual diversity,\u201d survey is one question - it\u2019s a picture of Reagan with the caption \u201cwould you?\u201d \n\nYour answer determines whether or not you have a job.— Eldritch Millennial (@Eldritch Millennial) 1624451688
Florida goes full fascist.— Resistress Kay (@Resistress Kay) 1624455338
Fascist authoritarianism takes another step forward in Florida.https://twitter.com/GunnyJ/status/1407691433285410827\u00a0\u2026— Rusty Cannon (@Rusty Cannon) 1624454946
Since the survey is not anonymous and since results will not be aggregated without identifying information, it should be obvious (even to a Florida court) that the information gathered will be used only to discriminate against faculty/staff and students who are not Republicans.— Mary Buggie-Hunt \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08 (@Mary Buggie-Hunt \ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf8\ud83c\udff3\ufe0f\u200d\ud83c\udf08) 1624454430
Also if you don\u2019t think they\u2019ll sell your survey answers connected to your ID to the highest bidders, well, perhaps Florida is for you after all.— Heather Flyte (@Heather Flyte) 1624456751
Holy cow this is dangerous. #ThoughtPolice\n\nFlorida to require university students, staff to take survey that measures \u2018intellectual diversity\u2019 - https://pennlive.com\u00a0https://www.pennlive.com/nation-world/2021/06/florida-to-require-university-students-staff-to-take-survey-that-measures-intellectual-diversity.html\u00a0\u2026— BD (@BD) 1624457325
I raised two smart-asses. If they were going to be in a Florida University, they would find great pleasure in skewing Ronny\u2019s fascist nonsense.— Israel Jablonski (@Israel Jablonski) 1624454688
Defending liberalism from illiberal wokeness by *checks notes* administering ideological tests and threatening budget cuts for wrongthink https://www.tampabay.com/news/florida-politics/2021/06/22/state-university-faculty-students-to-be-surveyed-on-beliefs/#\u00a0\u2026pic.twitter.com/ccCgtHAikV— Zack Beauchamp (@Zack Beauchamp) 1624455675
