Bill aims to control ‘leftist’ professors

[meegbear]

TALLAHASSEE — Republicans on the House Choice and Innovation Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to pass a bill that aims to stamp out “leftist totalitarianism” by “dictator professors” in the classrooms of Florida’s universities.

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The bill sets a statewide standard that students cannot be punished for professing beliefs with which their professors disagree. Professors would also be advised to teach alternative “serious academic theories” that may disagree with their personal views.

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“Some professors say, ‘Evolution is a fact. I don’t want to hear about Intelligent Design (a creationist theory), and if you don’t like it, there’s the door,’” Baxley said, citing one example when he thought a student should sue.

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Similar suits could be filed by students who don’t believe astronauts landed on the moon, who believe teaching birth control is a sin or even by Shands medical students who refuse to perform blood transfusions and believe prayer is the only way to heal the body, Gelber added.

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During the committee hearing, Baxley cast opposition to his bill as “leftists” struggling against “mainstream society.”

“The critics ridicule me for daring to stand up for students and faculty,” he said, adding that he was called a McCarthyist.

Baxley later said he had a list of students who were discriminated against by professors, but refused to reveal names because he felt they would be persecuted.

http://www.alligator.org/pt2/050323freedom.php

What the hell is with this state?

[Zuni]

1. They just can't stand to have opposition anywhere

they can't be happy with the stranglehold they have on the Federal Government

[adwon]

2. New test question

Q: How did the dinosaurs die?

A: They drowned in Noah's flood.

[rkc3]

4. Wrong answer.

Fossils are the handiwork of the devil.

[adwon]

7. Damn

Do I get partial credit for saying Clinton helped out in between blowjobs? :P

[rkc3]

10. Yes, partial credit is deserved.

Bill and Satan share a tool shed in hell.

[adwon]

13. Sweet!

[rkc3]

3. What's this one about...

"by Shands medical students who refuse to perform blood transfusions and believe prayer is the only way to heal the body"

Is Shands a med school or a religion? Either way, why waste your time in med school if you don't believe in what you're practicing?

[sui generis]

5. ever been for a drive in FloriDUH?

once you get outside the city, and not very far, you'll be deep in redneck trailer trash swamp rat habitation. Drive a little deeper and your own neck will begin to change color, a couple of your teeth will fall out and you'll discover that you also happen to be your sister's father.

Well, to be fair, that describes just about any state in the south . . . :evilgrin:

[rkc3]

11. Please tell me to get the chips ready before you throw the flamebait.

By the time I get back, they'll have this thread shut down.

[sui generis]

15. eh I trust anyone in this thread to have a sense of humor

plus, I live in the "south".

:hi:

[rkc3]

17. So far so good. Looks like a free pass was granted.

[sui generis]

18. that or I'm on everyone's ignore out of existence list

hmmmm. hadn't thought of that. :think:

[thinking is sexy]

6. and for those who

believe in Santa Claus or a flat Earth ... a four year college degree for managing to make it 22+ years without having any critical thinking skills! huzzah!

[jackster]

8. OKAY, someone please explain

I thought lawsuits were BAAAAADD

[latteromden]

9. Oh no, you have opposition! You, obviously, must BAN IT!

:wtf:

A student who doesn't believe the Holocaust ever happened can debate that point with a professor who had family killed by Hitler. :) (sarcastic smiley, of course)

[Felix Mala]

12. Gravity is the work of the Devil...

We'd be able to see angels floating around us if the left wing Dims had handed our contry over the Satan's gravitiy plot...

[nadinbrzezinski]

14. Ok, ok, so this duck is quaking like a duck, walking like a duck

but I am told I cannot call them a duck (fascists)... by the same folks who are quaking like ducks and walking like ducks, hell even swiming like ducks

Scream it from the Rooftops. FASCISM, this is what this is all about

[Selatius]

16. I advise using this against the Republicans and making them hurt

If they want to target professors who, for instance, won't hear or teach Intelligent Design, then we should be able to retaliate against professors who won't hear or teach evolution. It can work both ways.