[HN Gopher] Florida signs law requiring students, faculty to dec...
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       Florida signs law requiring students, faculty to declare their
       political beliefs
        
       Author : bjourne
       Score  : 29 points
       Date   : 2021-06-24 21:28 UTC (1 hours ago)
        
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       | sedeki wrote:
       | In terms of the problem that this politician is trying to fix...
       | Is it really that bad in the US?
       | 
       | I think we have all read about a few examples, e.g. students
       | canceling professors and what not.
       | 
       | But in general?
        
         | olliej wrote:
         | This is about signaling as it won't stand up in court.
        
       | MikeUt wrote:
       | Related: Berkeley Weeded Out Job Applicants Who Didn't Propose
       | Specific Plans To Advance Diversity -
       | https://reason.com/2020/02/03/university-of-california-diver...
       | 
       | (So they more than just ask)
        
       | Engineering-MD wrote:
       | Title seems slightly misleading. The requirement is to survey
       | students and staff, not a requirement for students or staff to
       | answer: "[a law] mandating public colleges and universities
       | survey students and faculty about their beliefs". Depending on
       | the implementation of such a survey I guess it could be as in the
       | title but personally I doubt it.
        
       | rektide wrote:
       | awful. but,
       | 
       | what would a voluntary syatem look like? I think it would be cool
       | if students could declare their beliefs. think about it, write it
       | down, let others know.
       | 
       | I wouldn't mind random people in the world being able to quickly
       | find my registered beliefs. that would be a neat democratic
       | capability, no? what would that look like? what would your system
       | or systems for that look like?
       | 
       | edit: 5 minutes since posting and at -1. why do you disagree?
        
       | jdsully wrote:
       | The title is misleading. It's a weird law but it seems to require
       | the universities conduct a survey. It doesn't put any burden on
       | students and faculty to actually answer as far as I'm aware.
        
       | HomeDeLaPot wrote:
       | I couldn't think of a worse way to promote critical thinking than
       | this.
        
         | xqcgrek wrote:
         | Ironic.
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         | https://reason.com/2021/06/24/floridas-college-intellectual-...
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         | >The bill does not mandate or punish the teaching of any
         | particular point of view. Nor does it ask students or teachers
         | what their personal views are. It requires state universities
         | to conduct an annual survey to determine "the extent to which
         | competing ideas and perspectives are presented and members of
         | the university community, including students, faculty, and
         | staff, feel free to express their beliefs and viewpoints on
         | campus and in the classroom."
        
       | apricot wrote:
       | Requiring students and professors to declare their political
       | beliefs is something I associate with the USSR or Communist
       | China. Are you OK, America?
        
         | 2OEH8eoCRo0 wrote:
         | The party that masquerades as Conservative is having an
         | existential crisis.
        
         | duskwuff wrote:
         | This isn't a new problem. Between 1950 and 1967, employees of
         | the University of California were required to swear an oath
         | that they were not a member of the Communist Party.
         | 
         | https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Levering_Act
        
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