Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law fuels anti-LGBTQ hate online

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Florida’s ‘Don’t Say Gay’ law fuels anti-LGBTQ hate online

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Research that analyzed social media posts finds that hateful references to gays, lesbians and other LGBTQ people surged online after Florida passed a law that bars instruction on sexual orientation and gender identity in kindergarten through third grade.

References to pedophiles and “ grooming ” rose by more than 400 percent in the month after Florida’s “Don’t Say Gay” measure was approved, according to a report released Wednesday by the Human Rights Campaign, one of the nation’s largest LGBTQ advocacy groups, and the Center for Countering Digital Hate, a nonprofit group that tracks online extremism.

The measure, passed by the Florida Legislature on March 8 and signed by Republican Gov. Ron DeSantis on March 28, says school teachers cannot discuss gender identity or sexual orientation with their young students. Supporters have said decisions about talking about sexual orientation should be left to parents, not teachers.

Critics have said the law sends a hateful message about LGBTQ people.
Cons mission accomplished. The coup de grâce will be when innocent young LGBTQ people are injured or killed. This is the outcome they what, the cons.

The worst human on earth other than maybe a couple people, is loved by you cons, admit it.
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We have been documenting this on this board for the past year, starting with their anti-CRT propaganda. That, and their anti-LGBTQ agenda are one in the same.

A friend of mine was swept up in this today, and is getting threats from these propagandized cons. It’s not the first time for them so they know how to handle it.

The stupid conservative whites here eagerly spread this same propaganda on this board.

People need to study the Briggs Initiative in California in 1978 and the Lavender Scare because these are the same pinko-commiebaiting tactics.

Keep in mind — “pinko” doubled as an anti-gay and a commiebaiting slur. These conservative whites around here want this country back in the era where all it would take is a whisper and a teacher would get fired.
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carmenjonze wrote: Wed Aug 10, 2022 6:26 pm A friend of mine was swept up in this today, and is getting threats from these propagandized cons. It’s not the first time for them so they know how to handle it.

The stupid conservative whites here eagerly spread this same propaganda on this board.

People need to study the Briggs Initiative in California in 1978 and the Lavender Scare because these are the same pinko-commiebaiting tactics.

Keep in mind — “pinko” doubled as an anti-gay and a commiebaiting slur. These conservative whites around here want this country back in the era where all it would take is a whisper and a teacher would get fired.
Pinko, yes. I recall that. I think one of the stupids here used that word at some point, that and commie and socialist. They all mean the same thing.

When, not if, innocent beautiful young (or not young) LGBTQ are killed or maimed, cons here will have NOTHING to say about it. I wish to holy FUCK the non con billionaires would start supporting democrats, time is running out! Dont they understand their money has NO VALUE in a fascist state?
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Professors in Florida are feeling the chill from DeSantis’ education legislation
https://www.rawstory.com/professors-in- ... gislation/

MIAMI — Florida university professors are facing unprecedented challenges as a spate of new laws could soon crack down on research, discourse on race and gender identity and create an environment in which employees feel their political beliefs are being scrutinized at the risk of losing tenure.

The measures are backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led Legislature and are seen as just the start by some educators. Those concerns have been fueled by reports that DeSantis had drafted even more attempts to rewrite laws governing public higher education, including stripping university presidents of the ability to hire professors.

The underlying message from eight professors from four public universities across the state interviewed by the Miami Herald is this: It is not easy to be an educator in Florida. Two professors who spoke to the Herald declined to be identified out of their concern for retribution.

It isn’t just history or politics professors who are worried about the chilling effects of restrictions on academia as they head back to class later this month, it appears to ripple through many academic disciplines. Some professors even suggested that they were considering leaving Florida to teach in other states and said they knew colleagues who had similar thoughts.

“In Florida, we know that these policies have really led to increased efforts to silence and surveil academic speech,” said Emily Anderson, an assistant professor of International Relations and Intercultural Education at Florida International University. “Academic speech matters, because it’s a fundamental freedom that is really how our university system is grounded. When we have policies that threaten speech, in my view, it shadows threats to all other protected rights.”

[snip]

In DeSantis’ proposed higher education package, the legislation would have given the Board of Governors more authority to investigate university presidents, and fire university employees, according to the Seeking Rents article. This is intimidating for professors like Anderson, who say this would feed into the narrative that public universities are untrustworthy.

[snip]

Lipartito said the language in these bills has the potential to conflict with classes that have courses related to race, gender and identity, and this is across a variety of subjects. Departments like computer science that use data to examine racial trends is one example.

[snip]

Professors teaching evolution, geography and even chemistry could be under scrutiny if a student challenges intellectual diversity. Sitharam explained that recent legislation like HB 233, which shields universities from preventing students, faculty or staff from “ideas and opinions that they may find uncomfortable, unwelcome, disagreeable, or offensive” could be interpreted like this: A professor teaching geography could be challenged by a student who says the earth is flat, and will have to entertain facts that aren’t true, Sitharam said.

“You can be completely stalled by this kind of ‘diverse’ other viewpoint, which every single experiment that you can think of has refuted, and that you can carry out yourself in your own backyard,” Sitharam said. “You can do this over, and over, and over again. You can use a simple ruler and compass and measure that the earth is not flat.

“But then somebody still wants to believe otherwise, they don’t believe in the scientific method or repeatable experiments and still want to believe that that’s not the case. Now, what do you say to that person? It’s getting at the nature of belief, validity of belief, truth, provability, all of these things.”

[snip]

“The governor’s justification for doing away with classroom discussion of content [about slavery] that makes a student feel uncomfortable is simply absurd,” Roach wrote in a text message. “The very point of college teaching is to impose discipline to learn and build critical knowledge of a subject. This means asking the hard and uncomfortable questions to gain mastery over a subject.”

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ProfX wrote: Thu Aug 11, 2022 9:24 am Professors in Florida are feeling the chill from DeSantis’ education legislation
https://www.rawstory.com/professors-in- ... gislation/

MIAMI — Florida university professors are facing unprecedented challenges as a spate of new laws could soon crack down on research, discourse on race and gender identity and create an environment in which employees feel their political beliefs are being scrutinized at the risk of losing tenure.

The measures are backed by Gov. Ron DeSantis and the Republican-led Legislature and are seen as just the start by some educators. Those concerns have been fueled by reports that DeSantis had drafted even more attempts to rewrite laws governing public higher education, including stripping university presidents of the ability to hire professors.

The underlying message from eight professors from four public universities across the state interviewed by the Miami Herald is this: It is not easy to be an educator in Florida. Two professors who spoke to the Herald declined to be identified out of their concern for retribution.

It isn’t just history or politics professors who are worried about the chilling effects of restrictions on academia as they head back to class later this month, it appears to ripple through many academic disciplines. Some professors even suggested that they were considering leaving Florida to teach in other states and said they knew colleagues who had similar thoughts.

“In Florida, we know that these policies have really led to increased efforts to silence and surveil academic speech,” said Emily Anderson, an assistant professor of International Relations and Intercultural Education at Florida International University. “Academic speech matters, because it’s a fundamental freedom that is really how our university system is grounded. When we have policies that threaten speech, in my view, it shadows threats to all other protected rights.”

[snip]

In DeSantis’ proposed higher education package, the legislation would have given the Board of Governors more authority to investigate university presidents, and fire university employees, according to the Seeking Rents article. This is intimidating for professors like Anderson, who say this would feed into the narrative that public universities are untrustworthy.

[snip]

Lipartito said the language in these bills has the potential to conflict with classes that have courses related to race, gender and identity, and this is across a variety of subjects. Departments like computer science that use data to examine racial trends is one example.

[snip]

Professors teaching evolution, geography and even chemistry could be under scrutiny if a student challenges intellectual diversity. Sitharam explained that recent legislation like HB 233, which shields universities from preventing students, faculty or staff from “ideas and opinions that they may find uncomfortable, unwelcome, disagreeable, or offensive” could be interpreted like this: A professor teaching geography could be challenged by a student who says the earth is flat, and will have to entertain facts that aren’t true, Sitharam said.

“You can be completely stalled by this kind of ‘diverse’ other viewpoint, which every single experiment that you can think of has refuted, and that you can carry out yourself in your own backyard,” Sitharam said. “You can do this over, and over, and over again. You can use a simple ruler and compass and measure that the earth is not flat.

“But then somebody still wants to believe otherwise, they don’t believe in the scientific method or repeatable experiments and still want to believe that that’s not the case. Now, what do you say to that person? It’s getting at the nature of belief, validity of belief, truth, provability, all of these things.”

[snip]

“The governor’s justification for doing away with classroom discussion of content [about slavery] that makes a student feel uncomfortable is simply absurd,” Roach wrote in a text message. “The very point of college teaching is to impose discipline to learn and build critical knowledge of a subject. This means asking the hard and uncomfortable questions to gain mastery over a subject.”

[snip][end]
Sounds like Cuba. ;?
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