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In this case a college where people chose to attend classes together. It was simply a comfortable place to learn, before. 
That's something everyone should have access to, whether they choose to do so personally or not.
These assholes are reacting to data that show that Gen Z+ are averse to the conservative party. There are 2 choices: change or change the electorate. They bet on the latter. Silly goose! >

You forgot the third rail. Eliminate the pesky problem of counting the votes.  Actually we'll make a show of counting the votes, if we win they yay for democracy,  if we loose then there is obviously rampant fraud and we'll have to nullify those results and let state legislators decide who won (yay, what do you know we won).  Hurray!!
/eep >

That is for the intermediate time until the properly cultivated young uns vote! >

Does DeSantis do any kind of actual governing that doesn’t consist of stupid petty culture wars items? >


Does DeSantis do any kind of actual governing that doesn’t consist of stupid petty culture wars items?

If he did, then would he be Ron Desantis? >

Nope, he be Ron De Sanctimonious. >

Free thought is the antithesis of fascism after all >

“small government, family values”.
different values, fascism >

Literally an article about people making choices on where to go to school that they are not banned from. An opinion piece at that, so no way its wrong.
As a bonus. Small government = states first. >

Small government that wants to monitor menstruation in an effort to criminalize miscarriage, missed periods and women's sexual activity.  Small government that gives out billions in PPE loans and tax cuts but has to cut school lunches, SNAP and gut the Consumer Protection Bureau.  It's socialism for the rich and fuck you for the rest >

What does any of that have to do with this article?
Nothing
You have created nonsense out of thin air.
The big bad boogeyman is coming! Read this opinion piece of nonsense to see! >

You were extolling the virtue of small government.  I was refuting that the government sought by conservatives is small. It has areas it wants to expand and intrude into. Alabama AG is stating that women should be prosecuted for seeking an abortion. Ron de Santis is waging culture wars to rile up his voting base while spend millions on stunts bussing immigrants to Blue states. It's all part of the 'othering' common to proto-fascism. >

You should know by now it's no use arguing with these shills. They will not change their beliefs or opinions because they are not open to such. >

I should but still I persist. Don Quixote of the net >

This just cements my belief further that Republicans are evil, cannot be reasoned with, and are incompatible with American democracy. >

This is the conservative leadership playbook: find a small enough community to marginalize (the smallest college where they have control), that few people will defend (it’s just 700 coddled woke kids), lie about their aims (it’s to implement a moral, patriotic curriculum, what’s wrong with that), and try to create a model for bigger things.
If they get resignations, good, if they get coverage, all the better. If they get pushback, even more so. If there’s some kind of violence, even if caused by their own actors, that’s best of all.
I don’t know how 700 families and a Democratic minority fight this, but they can’t do anything without mass recognition of what they’re doing, and media and community support. And that’s the point of divide-and-conquer. >

Ron DeSantis went to Harvard and Yale
It changed him
He's now like "holy FUCK we can't have education CHANGING the plebs!" >

The median family income of students is $93k with 42% coming from the top 20 percent.  The school is predominantly white.  Not sure what 'plebes' you are talking about.
If you don't make Bright Futures here in Florida and can't afford school, you go to your local community college the first two years and then feed into the Florida system.  Lots of them are free now to local residents. >


Not sure what 'plebes' you are talking about.

Anyone who didn't go to Harvard and Yale >

Because you think those are the only schools that are highly ranked and outrageously priced ?  
You clearly have never met a MIT, Amherst, USC, Duke etc graduate. >

Ok. I will work all night to rewrite my joke to be more inclusive of the breadth and width of pricey schools that produce asshole politicians. >

Positively Soviet in it's conception. >

I am guessing they have never been to UF, FSU, UCF, USF, UNF, FAU, FAMU, FIU, FIT to just name a few...
New College of Florida is, by far, the smallest student population in the State University System and is predominantly a school for rich kids.  I have no idea how it stays open with only 675 people.  . >

I’m a progressive, but 700 students at a PUBLIC university? That’s absurd and if I were a taxpayer I’d be annoyed at that inefficiency. >

What's publicly funded LGBTQ culture?