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FL Governor Signs Bill Requiring Students & Faculty Divulge Political Views

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Tell me again how this is constitutional?


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 you’d 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 title is a lie!

It’s a survey and answering it anyway you want will lead to nothing happening to you. So nothing is being forced upon you, answer it truthfully or don’t.
 
The title is a lie!

It’s a survey and answering it anyway you want will lead to nothing happening to you. So nothing is being forced upon you, answer it truthfully or don’t.
They're still asking you to divulge your political views in the name of "diversity" so no, it is true.
 
Where are they lying at?
Did or did they not ask students and faculty to divulge their political views?

The lie is in the title and article making it out that they don’t have a choice to answer the questions.
 
The lie is in the title and article making it out that they don’t have a choice to answer the questions.
Upon further review, I was wrong.

The bill doesn't do that; quoting a similar sentiment to yours over on Twitter.
 
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Tell me again how this is constitutional?



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