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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]ONE governor is standing up to the Leftist drivel many professors spew, & you people are acting like the sky is falling. You know your view are fragile & will be exposed as ridiculous if students are exposed to opposing ideas. [/quote]

The “leftist drivel” is academic freedom.  It affects all types of folk, including STEM research profs.  UF had done such a great job in attracting STEM talent and upping their research capabilities.  That is all being threatened right now.  [/quote]

It’s a little rich to see someone presumably from the left championing academic freedom. That is a value the left has gleefully left behind. [/quote]

I am not from “the left” in that I have voted for both parties at the fed level (although I regret those votes now - I was someone who really never thought Roe would be overturned).  I grew up in Florida and my parents are still there.

There is a fundamental difference between the state curtailing your speech and feeling alone on campus because of your political views.  The former is what Florida profs (STEM) are reacting to.

Let’s say you are teaching a ML class (really an applied math class).  And you give the students a chance to look at housing data or something.  And your students see that there is historical racial history that is demonstrated by the simple algorithms you are teaching. Are you “woke”?  Whatever - you can live that accusation.  The problem is if a student reported this, would you be found in violation of the law?  Who knows?  And who wants that type of headache?   You can move 6 hours north, get hired at Georgia tech and avoid the whole thing.  And the top tier prof is no longer at Florida.  UF will still be able to offer the ML class. Students will still apply to UF.  But repeat this over and over again.  And tell me the quality of UF will not go down over time.  [/quote]

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