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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I used to thank god that we weren’t like other countries, that we wouldn’t have a group of jackboots show up and close our stores or universities, or ransack our homes, because of our democracy.  But the governor of Florida just replaced everyone on staff and the curriculum with what he wanted.  Came in and took it over, wiped everything out, replaced it all, because of his own political agenda.

Decades from now, students are going to be studying this era as a time when our country truly did hang on the precipice of losing our democracy.  It really is frightening that so many people are rejoicing in this just because it matches their own personal views.  But it doesn’t match half or more of the country’s views, which is why we have free speech in the constitution.  This is supposed to be protected.  I would feel the same way if it were in reverse and a liberal governor fired all of a college’s staff and completely took over because it was too conservative.  It really is frightening what’s happening in parts of our country.  [/quote]

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Honestly don't know which piece of lunacy to address first, but for starters:  you do understand that one function of being the governor is appointing members to state boards, including state universities?  For just a couple of examples of fellow governors doing just that, here's Newsom, Whitmer, Brown, and Inslee:
https://www.gov.ca.gov/2021/08/20/governor-newsom-announces-higher-education-appointments/
https://www.michigan.gov/whitmer/news/press-releases/2022/02/18/governor-whitmer-makes-appointments-to-university-governing-boards-2022
https://around.uoregon.edu/content/governor-nominates-seven-seats-uo-board-trustees
https://www.washington.edu/staterelations/2013/07/19/governor-inslee-appoints-new-regents/#:~:text=Gov.%20Jay%20Inslee%20today%20announced%20the%20appointments%20of,are%20well-suited%20to%20the%20UW%20Board%20of%20Regents.
https://news.illinoisstate.edu/2023/02/governor-appoints-new-members-to-the-board-of-trustees-of-illinois-state-university/
https://www.news-gazette.com/news/local/university-illinois/pritzker-appoints-2-new-ui-trustees-reappoints-third/article_f3744fcb-be32-51e0-974d-4e171582946d.html
The rest of your post is full of hysterics that aren't worth anyone's time.[/quote]

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