Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectual society

Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by fallingfrog on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @05:15PM (#34811517)

"Today, Florida honeymoon registry company Honeyfund.com, along with workplace diversity consultancy Collective Concepts and its co-founder Chevara Orrin filed a federal lawsuit to block enforcement of Florida’s HB 7, the Stop WOKE Act. The law purports to “fight back against woke indoctrination” by, among other things, barring employers from engaging in speech that “advances” certain “concepts” regarding race, sex, religion or national origin. The suit names Gov. Ron DeSantis and other Florida officials as defendants and challenges the statute as unconstitutional under the First and Fourteenth Amendments for barring the expression of viewpoints disfavored by government officials and chilling a wide range of speech in workplaces. "

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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by worried4future on Wednesday February 15, 2023 @05:48PM (#34811998)

This is barring them from saying specific things, not compelling them to say other things, do you have an example of any compelled speech?

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Re:Speech is violence? Not if we want a liberal, intellectua... by robertlagrant on Thursday February 16, 2023 @04:39AM (#34816762)

I should have been clearer: you said Ron DeSantis was using the power of the state to force university professors to say things. I was after a citation for that claim.

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