The established rules follow Gov. Ron DeSantis’s conservative target on education in the state, where he signed a DEI (diversity, equity and inclusion) law last year that dismantles such programs in public colleges and universities while making changes to the post-tenure review process for faculty.
While Florida’s Board of Governors has already introduced similar DEI regulations for institutions in the State University System, the Board of Education’s unanimous vote Wednesday officially implements the rule for the Florida College System — which consists of 28 colleges.
My personal take: conservative men are obsessed with a toxic concept of manliness, and hold it as a monolithic and primary value, which is why they like to fall in line under large, angry people.
LGBTQ+ people confuse them, there are women who act more like men, and men who act more like women, challenging their conceptions.
Since, as a whole, conservatives reject introspection the challenge is interpreted as a personal attack.
Yes you read that right, conservatives feel that gay people just existing is a threat to their identity and lash out.
Almost all of it boils down to ‘How DARE you force me to question my worldview!?’