Republican Political Correctness Machine Hits Florida

[cquark]

Political correctness is back in fashion, but from the other side of the political spectrum and with bills that could be far more damaging than the campus speech codes of the past. A few weeks ago, the Republican PC machine struck Ohio, and now they're after Florida. The bill described here has passed the ironically named House Choice and Innovation Committee 8-2 (8 Republicans, 2 Democrats), but has two more committees to pass before it can be considered by the Florida house, so there's still time to stop the idiocy.

From http://www.alligator.org/pt2/050323freedom.php

TALLAHASSEE: Republicans on the House Choice and Innovation Committee voted along party lines Tuesday to pass a bill that aims to stamp out ?leftist totalitarianism? by ?dictator professors? in the classrooms of Florida?s universities?

While promoting the bill Tuesday, Baxley said a university education should be more than ?one biased view by the professor, who as a dictator controls the classroom,? as part of ?a misuse of their platform to indoctrinate the next generation with their own views.?

The bill sets a statewide standard that students cannot be punished for professing beliefs with which their professors disagree. Professors would also be advised to teach alternative ?serious academic theories? that may disagree with their personal views.

According to a legislative staff analysis of the bill, the law would give students who think their beliefs are not being respected legal standing to sue professors and universities.

Students who believe their professor is singling them out for ?public ridicule? ? for instance, when professors use the Socratic method to force students to explain their theories in class ? would also be given the right to sue.

This bill means that if a professor marked a student wrong because his idea for a perpetual motion machine was incorrect, then the student could stand up in class to demand a better mark because his ideas aren't being respected. Then, if the professor points out the problems with the idea, the student can sue him!

While students may enjoy the resultant grade inflation in the short run, they're going to end up not learning anything and that has serious consequences in the long run.

 

[dmcowen674]

Originally posted by: cquark
there's still time to stop the idiocy.

Repost and it's not "idiocy", this is what mainstream America wants.

 

[cquark]

Originally posted by: dmcowen674

Originally posted by: cquark
there's still time to stop the idiocy.

Repost and it's not "idiocy", this is what mainstream America wants.

Sorry. Apparently it takes me too long to write a post, as the other thread wasn't there when I started working on this post.