Some say the idea of exposing children to LGBTQ themes or that gay and transgender adults are out to recruit children is baked into Florida’s history.
DeSantis, with his focus on dog whistle phrases like academic freedom and CRT, has set his sights on an issue that does not exist, similar to the Johns Committee. Just as troubling is his fixation on curtailing academic freedom.
<p>The Johns Committee of the 1950s and 1960s investigated UF faculty on behalf of the Florida legislature. Their brief was to connect communism and the civil rights movement; they ended up engineering the firing of 15 professors for their sexual orientation.</p>
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