The Sun-Sentinal’s editorial is hidden behind a paywall, not to mention that it’s pretty much a plagiarized version of the New York Times opinion piece that went up Monday. So, we’ll let The Daily Beast fill you in on what has liberals so upset:
When Gov. Ron DeSantis and his war on “woke” education took aim at the New College of Florida on Friday, Sam Sharf was surfing with friends an hour down the coast.
Which is to say the 22-year-old sophomore was blissfully unaware that the small public liberal arts school she attended was the latest target in what could be the governor’s hate-fueled march to a Republican presidential nomination.
That day, DeSantis announced the appointment of six new board members at the small Sarasota college, many of whom were ultra-conservative political players and academics. Sharf, a trans woman, said that she returned to shore—and her phone—to find it had blown up with messages from people telling her the news.
“I got really sad and then just, like, laid down,” she told The Daily Beast.
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But what immediately caught Sharf’s eye were tweets by incoming board member Christopher Rufo, who only days before had declared that “Gov. DeSantis is going to lay siege to university ‘diversity, equity, and inclusion’ programs.” In addition to being perhaps the key figure behind the bogus right-wing backlash to mostly nonexistent use of “critical race theory” in schools, Rufo has also been an avid opponent of what he calls “radical gender theory” in education. And among other appeals that form part of his admittedly ruthless political playbook, he has issued callouts on Twitter for “documents, PDFs, audio-video, and training materials related to gender, grooming, and trans ideology in schools.”
Ah, so one of DeSantis’ appointees was Christopher Rufo.
We are organizing a "hostile takeover of a liberal college" and seeking to implement a "counterrevolutionary response to the 'long march through the institutions.'"
This is a fair summary of events in the New York Times:https://t.co/zn0bVu2h46
— Christopher F. Rufo ⚔️ (@realchrisrufo) January 10, 2023
How Ron DeSantis and His Army of Darkness Stole My Childhood Innocence pic.twitter.com/nRW3GQX10X
— Nate Hochman (@njhochman) January 10, 2023
“Justice Reporter.”
"Rufo has been unparalleled in fanning public education culture wars…This year, he is turning his attention to diversity, equity and inclusion programs, and…will soon unveil model legislation to abolish such programs at state schools." https://t.co/Zkct6Kl1Zh
— Richard Hanania (@RichardHanania) January 10, 2023
Sweet! Note that both the New York Times and Sun-Sentinel are calling this a “hostile takeover.”
The hostile takeover of @NewCollegeofFL is @GovRonDeSantis' most brazen, arrogant action yet to make higher education a captive of his narrow ideology. All Floridians should take notice. So should SACS, which accredits Florida schools.
Our editorial:https://t.co/5tMnnG8M3Y— Dan Sweeney (@Daniel_Sweeney) January 10, 2023
Take notice!
I’ve taken notice. I approve. 😃👍
— FloridaDad_Disinterested! (@FloridadadD) January 10, 2023
Not only did I take notice, I voted for it.
— Ekdahl Press Office (@EkdahlPress) January 10, 2023
— J Gardner 🇺🇲🐊 (@jngpic) January 10, 2023
A vast majority of Floridians gave Govenor DeSantis an electoral mandate.
Take notice indeed.
— Scottie Binyons (@B82Scottie) January 10, 2023
He has a purview under the Florida Constitution to appoint 6 members, no?
— Scottie Binyons (@B82Scottie) January 10, 2023
Yes, yes he does.
How is it a "hostile takeover" when it's literally in the state constitution?
Words actually mean things, you know. You're supposed to be a journalist. https://t.co/hyj5zZoOKb pic.twitter.com/n2wCEXGWRe
— Dan Goldwasser (@dgoldwas) January 10, 2023
You’re trying to make it seem like Governor DeSantis exploited the college rules or something. He didn’t. He was legally entitled to appoint those Board Members.
— Misha (@MishaFitton) January 10, 2023
This is what losing feels like, Dan. You and your party are losers.
— Huck (@TheyCallMeHuck) January 10, 2023
You idiots. That's how it works. The Governor gets to appoint a certain number of State University board members. Just because you don't like who he picked doesn't make it a "hostile takeover". This deep red state is very happy with his choices. Find a new job, you suck at this 1
— MAGA Mama Woke Nemesis (@GinaBritton14) January 10, 2023
Calm down, stop hyperventilating, and open your mind.
— JWF (@OriginalJWF) January 10, 2023
The horror!
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Lefties FREAK after DeSantis appoints Chris Rufo to New College of Florida Board of Trustees and LOLhttps://t.co/zTPkRtIQap
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