Great overview thanks! I’ve followed FIRE back from when it had to mostly babysit the left on the issue. I’m actually of the left, but I don’t like the ant-free speech turn it took. Wow, the tables are possibly getting evened out. Sheesh
These laws don't supersede Article 1 Sections 2, 4, 5 & 10 of the Florida Constitution, Declaration of Rights. Furthermore, the municipalities can nullify them, via Anti-Commandeering Doctrine.
These laws don't supersede Article 1 Sections 2, 4, 5 & 10 of the Florida Constitution, Declaration of Rights. Furthermore, the municipalities can nullify them, via Anti-Commandeering Doctrine.
The thing is that university courses in the humanities subjects can't be entirely without a political slant. At the end of the day, you have to come at it from a particular perspective. Would it be feasible to teach about Nazi Germany with a balanced, for and against, open ended debate about whether the Holocaust was justified or not?
I understand that is an extreme example, but it proves the point that humanities can never be entirely neutral. When lecturers are teaching stuff like Critical Race Theory and Gender Ideology, they are giving them intellectual weight that many, myself included, do not feel is deserved. I do not believe that it is unreasonable for elected officials to decide what kind of values Floridan's tax dollars go towards teaching.
On the drag performances issue, the issue is here is not drag for adults being legal or not, but 1) should it be legal for children to be exposed to content harmful for their development, and 2) should child drag shows be performed on public property? In both instances Ron DeSantis thinks no, and I agree with him.
David French is not called 'Vichy' French for no reason. Whilst I think my intellectual opponents should have the right to free speech, which would include not being banned from social media or having their bank accounts frozen (freedoms they would deny to me), there is a difference between having a right to free speech, and having taxpayer funds and state owned facilities being utilized to promote your ideology.
French fails to recognize that there is no such thing as institutional neutrality, as my example of education on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust shows. A functioning society needs to have a degree of shared values and beliefs, and this will involve, whilst allowing individuals to disagree in a personal capacity, the promotion of certain ideas and rejection of others.
If, for shame, FIRE wants to make common cause with the new, radically unrecognizable, ACLU, it is their business. But whining about the potential suffering of social media/Big Tech behemoths --- the power-drunk fat cats that allied with Big Labor, EdBiz, Hollywood and Beijing to force the Biden gang on us in 2020 --- is a bit much, even on this wishy-washily "conservative" site.
Great overview thanks! I’ve followed FIRE back from when it had to mostly babysit the left on the issue. I’m actually of the left, but I don’t like the ant-free speech turn it took. Wow, the tables are possibly getting evened out. Sheesh
These laws don't supersede Article 1 Sections 2, 4, 5 & 10 of the Florida Constitution, Declaration of Rights. Furthermore, the municipalities can nullify them, via Anti-Commandeering Doctrine.
These laws don't supersede Article 1 Sections 2, 4, 5 & 10 of the Florida Constitution, Declaration of Rights. Furthermore, the municipalities can nullify them, via Anti-Commandeering Doctrine.
The thing is that university courses in the humanities subjects can't be entirely without a political slant. At the end of the day, you have to come at it from a particular perspective. Would it be feasible to teach about Nazi Germany with a balanced, for and against, open ended debate about whether the Holocaust was justified or not?
I understand that is an extreme example, but it proves the point that humanities can never be entirely neutral. When lecturers are teaching stuff like Critical Race Theory and Gender Ideology, they are giving them intellectual weight that many, myself included, do not feel is deserved. I do not believe that it is unreasonable for elected officials to decide what kind of values Floridan's tax dollars go towards teaching.
On the drag performances issue, the issue is here is not drag for adults being legal or not, but 1) should it be legal for children to be exposed to content harmful for their development, and 2) should child drag shows be performed on public property? In both instances Ron DeSantis thinks no, and I agree with him.
David French is not called 'Vichy' French for no reason. Whilst I think my intellectual opponents should have the right to free speech, which would include not being banned from social media or having their bank accounts frozen (freedoms they would deny to me), there is a difference between having a right to free speech, and having taxpayer funds and state owned facilities being utilized to promote your ideology.
French fails to recognize that there is no such thing as institutional neutrality, as my example of education on Nazi Germany and the Holocaust shows. A functioning society needs to have a degree of shared values and beliefs, and this will involve, whilst allowing individuals to disagree in a personal capacity, the promotion of certain ideas and rejection of others.
If, for shame, FIRE wants to make common cause with the new, radically unrecognizable, ACLU, it is their business. But whining about the potential suffering of social media/Big Tech behemoths --- the power-drunk fat cats that allied with Big Labor, EdBiz, Hollywood and Beijing to force the Biden gang on us in 2020 --- is a bit much, even on this wishy-washily "conservative" site.