Oh, THOSE 'different ideas' (6-29-21 edition)
It used to be thought that a university campus was a place where youd be exposed to a lot of different ideas, DeSantis said during a bill signing ceremony. Unfortunately, now the norm is, these are more intellectually repressive environments. You have orthodoxies that are promoted, and other viewpoints are shunned or even suppressed.
Read more: https://www.lgbtqnation.com/2021/06/florida-students-faculty-will-declare-political-views-prevent-liberal-indoctrination
"Oh, so you mean like in sociology; you have functionalism, symbolic interactionism, and conflict theory; and now they're only teaching one of those things and not even talking about the other two at all?"
"No, not like that."
"Oh! So in studies of evolution, you mean they're only teaching gradualism OR punctuated equilibrium and not having discussions of both, while they both have merit?"
"Uh... no, we're not talking about that."
"OH! You mean they're stifling the "is the universe explained by quantum mechanics or general relativity" debate in physics and have come down on the side of one and are refusing to talk about the other at all? Those jerks!"
"... no, no."
"OK, so in the college restrooms, they have now cruelly decided to put all the toilet paper under instead of over? Those totalitarians!"
"No!"
"Oh... so by 'different ideas', you mean...
Marjorie Taylor Greene Calling AOC a Little Communist and Not an American at Trump Rally in Ohio. (Despite AOC being an American, not a communist, and taller than Marjorie Taylor Greene)
Rudy Giuliani claiming his law license was suspended to shut (him) up because Trump is on verge of winning.
Greg Locke using his Sunday sermon to allege that there are child-trafficking tunnels under the U.S. Capitol and White House and accusing President Joe Biden, Oprah Winfrey, and Tom Hanks of being a bunch of pedophiles.
Josh Bernstein saying that Bill Gates is investing in farmland as part of a demonic plan to take away your meat, thereby keeping you weak and unable to overcome their tyrannical governments.
Nick Fuentes claiming that Making Juneteenth A Federal Holiday Is About Furthering The Genocide Of White People.
... right?"
Yes, they actually said these things:
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-round-up-unbanned/
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-bonus-tracks-a-bunch-of-pedophiles/
https://www.rightwingwatch.org/post/right-wing-round-up-fear-of-a-white-genocide/