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  Give DeSantis some credit for shrewdness. He understands that an informed citizenry is an existential threat to today's Republican Party.
context: Imagine a "conservative arts" curriculum. >
  
  They think it's liberal teachings at colleges that turns people into liberals, not that going to college turns people into liberals. >
  
  I put it like this.  Say you grew up in a very small community where calling black people n-ers was the norm.  You, personally, never meant anything by it, it's just how you described them.  Now, let's say you move away and find out that they find being called n-ers to be very offensive, do you continue calling them n-ers?  No, you stop using this term because of its very hurtful history.  Congratulations, you are now "woke", because you were "asleep" to how your words and actions may have been hurting others.
  This is what conservatives are afraid of.  That you might move away and find out that your family are hateful racist bigots.  Them calling everyone groomers is ironic AF, because keeping their victims ignorant, like the don't say gay bill, is what groomers do. >
  
  As bad a some people find place like Tik Tok to be, I really believe one of the reason why conservatives hate it and other forms of social media is because those places tend to go hard against racist conservatives ideas. >
  
  It’s traveling for the mind - Exposes young people to cultures and ideas other than their own little tribe, which is always bad for conservatism. >
  
  Unless the algorithm funnels them down the qanon conspiracy rabbit hole >
  
  Yes, with the good comes a lot of bad I guess. One one hand information informs and enlightens, on the other hand it can be distorted and twisted by sophisticated bad actors, and also by knuckle-dragging bridge trolls like Alex Jones. >
  
  New College isn't just a Liberal Arts College, it's a liberal arts honors college with a very unique approach to learning.  To the student body and the faculty, this is a disaster.  It's completely at odds with the character of the College.  Many will leave.  And recruiting new students will be impossible.  I am guessing a bunch of next falls freshman are already making new plans.  It's cruel and utterly undeserved.
  DeSantis is an asshole. >
  
  As an alum, I can say it's fucking heartbreaking. New College was pretty unique, not just in Florida but for the whole country. >
  
  Wow—I’m really sorry all this is happening. DeSantis is the absolute worst, and this is absolutely on-brand. They can’t win with their ideas, so they’ll force their ideas using their political power. 
  As for the school, do you still know people there? How are they taking it? What do you think will happen here? I’m really curious to hear your insights. >
  
  Nah, I graduated more than a decade ago, I haven't really kept up with anyone from it, and keep in mind it's a tiny school, the total student body when I attended was like eight hundred people. 
  The heart and soul of the school is (or was, maybe) the philosophy of not letting the institution get in the way of education - undergraduate only, narrative evaluation of every student's individual performance, a month every year dedicated to just independent research/art projects and a thesis your senior year. And the administration was incredibly accommodating - if you could prove an interest of even just half a dozen people, students could ask the faculty to cover tutorials or even hire guest professors to teach subjects not normally offered. And that's to say nothing of the culture of the students, which is incredibly diverse and open to new ideas.
  It's not a great school for someone who's looking to jump start a career with minimal effort - nobody's ever heard of it, there's no attached post-graduate program to slide into, you don't get a GPA or ranking at the end there are no frats or other organizations to promote cronyism, but I can't imagine a better place to get an education. Which, of course, makes it basically everything a modern conservatives are against. I hope, sincerely, that the faculty and what remains of the board are fighting as much as they can and it can weather our current political climate. But I really don't know. >
  
  This piece of shit hasn’t done a single thing for the people of Florida. >
  
  Hasn't stopped Floridians from voting for him. >
  
  he was actively recruiting the stupids during the worst of the pandemic, sane people are becoming outnumbered down here >
  
  Hi sane person here - I left. In Michigan now where it seems my vote actually gets counted instead of being thrown off the damn voter roles. I’m not confident DeSantis actually won the state just like I’m not confident Gore lost it. The state can go to hell get out while you can! >
  
  
  I’m not confident DeSantis actually won the state just like I’m not confident Gore lost it
  
  oh, you are one of the sane ones; hi, nice to meet you. I was out of state for 20 years and moved back just prior to the worst of the pandemic to be near aging parents and got stuck down here, now I can't afford to move back out >
  
  It’s only sane to deny the results of the election I lost. >
  
  there is no denying the shit-ton of fuckery in both elections; Jeb Bush was governor when his brother was running for prez, the person in charge of FL elections at the time also a Bush campaign manager, Brooks Brothers Riot, etc. that's just for the Gore one. Check out how transparent the state election board has been this last go round with information about the Desantis campaign; I now question the legitimacy of most US elections even ones where candidates I favor have won >
  
  DeSantis is coming for your lunch next: “Peanut butter should not be applied to sandwiches liberally, only conservatively” >
  
  Peter Pan peanut butter will be banned because Peter Pan is a Disney character, and there’s no room for woke peanut butter in Florida. >
  
  Also does the pan stand for pansexual? He's a groomer! /S just in case. >
  
  Kidnapped a bunch of children and took them to his secret island. Peter Pan, or Jeffrey Epstein? >
  
  Yes >
  
  99% of what DeSantis does is wage culture war battles over made-up problems. >
  
  And then asks Biden for federal relief. >
  
  While posing with white irrigation boots on >
  
  And well after Labor Day, it must be noted. >
  
  Serial Mom would like a chat. >
  
  Time and time again we see how when Republicans ACCUSE 'the left' of doing something it is actually something those Republicans are either already or planning to do.
  "liberal colleges are indoctrinating our children!"
  Let's load up a liberal-arts college that gets public funding so we can exert our control with some of those radical right-wing views and then push that indoctrination onto the students. >
  
  FL voters need to be hammered with Desantis wanting to control your "Life", your "Liberty" and your "Pursuit of Happiness". >
  
  I live in central Florida and regularly drive through more remote areas of the I-4 corridor. Trust me when I say there are many, many people that are happy with DeSantis and his behavior. In fact, they would willingly participate in his shenanigans if he called upon them. I see Trump flags, DeSantis signs, and Let's Go Brandon signs flying above the mobile homes of the poorest of the poor. It's heartbreaking. >
  
  And that's why I will probably never go back to Florida. >
  
  That’s why I want to leave within the next few years. >
  
  Just more fascist policies. >
  
  What happened to “conservatism is small government and will leave you alone” >
  
  It was always a scam.  The federal deficit and spending skyrocketed under Reagan. >
  
  Republicans: "We dont like big government"
  also Republicans: "STOP LEARNING WHAT WE DONT LIKE"