Public-University Curricula Are 'Government Speech,' Florida Says

[Nevilledog]

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basically, the State is defending itself from the various cases brought against it by faculty across the state by saying that if you work for the State, you have no First Amendment rights because you are actually just a mouthpiece for the government 😵?💫
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Public-University Curricula Are ‘Government Speech,’ Florida Says
The state was responding to a lawsuit against the “Stop WOKE” Act, which bars public colleges from promoting “divisive concepts” about race and sex.
2:31 PM · Sep 25, 2022

https://www.chronicle.com/article/public-university-curricula-are-government-speech-florida-says

(I wasn't able to get a no paywall link, but you can give your email to see it for free)

Here's a link to the court filing

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flnd.442797/gov.uscourts.flnd.442797.52.0.pdf

[mike_c]

1. more racing to the bottom

Texas probably won't be far behind. Academic freedom is the cornerstone of modern universities. Freedom loving people do not work so hard to destroy it. Fascists, on the other hand, loath academic freedom, and academic free speech is usually among the first victims of fascist regimes.

[Genki Hikari]

2. No paywall link

https://archive.ph/rTupf

All you have to do is go to archive.ph and input the url of whatever article you're wanting to share.

The site will either let you know that they already have a link to share, or they'll create one for you from the link you provide.

[Hermit-The-Prog]

3. Every accusation is a confession by the radicalized Republican party.

The Republican party has long accused public schools of indoctrinating children against conservatism. Now they reveal that they believe government under their control should use educational systems to indoctrinate. Fascism at work.

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against theocracy!
Republicans revoke your rights
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