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  This piece of shit hasn’t done a single thing for the people of Florida.
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.