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Conservatives have very little control or influence over libraries, universities, business HR programs, or the broad media (excluding some notable explicitly co

Conservatives have very little control or influence over libraries, universities, business HR programs, or the broad media (excluding some notable explicitly conservative outlets). But yes, the ham fisted attempts by conservative politicians to combat purported progressive censorship...with conservative censorship...is equally bad.

ianburrell 3y ago
Republican legislatures have been banning books from libraries. Libraries are government institutions. State universities are also government institutions. Florida has been forcing state schools, stifling the speech of the faculty on exactly what this article is about.
- EEMac 3y ago
  Has Florida been banning books from universities?! "Schools" usually means K-12 schools.
wolverine876 3y ago
> Conservatives have very little control or influence over libraries Conservatives have banned books from libraries across Florida and Texas (and other states) > universities Conservatives have compelled universities to reverse hiring decisions (at U. NC and one of the TX schools at least), end programs (e.g., Harvard's disinformation program), driven out university presidents (Harvard, Penn), and much, much more. In Florida they've banned certain ideas, they've undermined entire schools where they didn't like the politics. > business HR programs Conservatives have caused a huge pullback in DEI programs in the corporate world. > broad media (excluding some notable explicitly conservative outlets). That's a major exception: Fox News is by far the most popular news channel in the US; the Wall Street Journal is by far the dominant US publication for business. > the ham fisted attempts by conservative politicians to combat purported progressive censorship What does banning books and ideas from education have to do with combating censorship?

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Conservatives have very little control or influence over libraries, universities, business HR programs, or the broad media (excluding some notable explicitly co

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ianburrell 3y ago
Republican legislatures have been banning books from libraries. Libraries are government institutions. State universities are also government institutions. Florida has been forcing state schools, stifling the speech of the faculty on exactly what this article is about.
- EEMac 3y ago
  Has Florida been banning books from universities?! "Schools" usually means K-12 schools.
wolverine876 3y ago
> Conservatives have very little control or influence over libraries Conservatives have banned books from libraries across Florida and Texas (and other states) > universities Conservatives have compelled universities to reverse hiring decisions (at U. NC and one of the TX schools at least), end programs (e.g., Harvard's disinformation program), driven out university presidents (Harvard, Penn), and much, much more. In Florida they've banned certain ideas, they've undermined entire schools where they didn't like the politics. > business HR programs Conservatives have caused a huge pullback in DEI programs in the corporate world. > broad media (excluding some notable explicitly conservative outlets). That's a major exception: Fox News is by far the most popular news channel in the US; the Wall Street Journal is by far the dominant US publication for business. > the ham fisted attempts by conservative politicians to combat purported progressive censorship What does banning books and ideas from education have to do with combating censorship?