Ben Sasse is the president of the Florida university system, the epicenter of government crackdown on speech and academic freedom. He's said little in public about that. But when a chance arose to denounce much less powerful people than a big state governor, who have much less impact, he grabbed it. - ThreadSky

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social • 443 days ago

Ben Sasse is the president of the Florida university system, the epicenter of government crackdown on speech and academic freedom.
He's said little in public about that.
But when a chance arose to denounce much less powerful people than a big state governor, who have much less impact, he grabbed it.

Reposted from Michael Hobbes

oh my fucking god stop publishing these
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archiv...

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policyg.bsky.social•443 days ago

Just realized how complete Ben Sasse’ erasure had been! Brought a smile to my face!

jfagan45.bsky.social•443 days ago

This is a perfect example of why I cancelled my subscription.

soulofscorpio.bsky.social•443 days ago

There are so many issues with universities across the US. Accessibility, rising costs, neoliberal policies turning students into workers, I could go on. But nah, it's the weak show at anti racism and being anti genocide that are the real issues. Bffr.

crs1.bsky.social•443 days ago

@theatlantic.bsky.social has been disappointing for long enough that some of you need to change your expectations

this ain't your grand-dad's Atlantic, this one is run by a "reformed" conservative, and you get what you'd expect under such a regime

more Vichy Press

Murf can GFH

lurkymclurk.bsky.social•442 days ago

It’s frustrating because they have 4 or 5 truly all star writers and also some of the worst garbage humans (who aren’t calcified NY times columnists) around

crs1.bsky.social•442 days ago

Ed Yong in particular deserves better

lurkymclurk.bsky.social•442 days ago

But he left, right?

crs1.bsky.social•442 days ago

I just saw something by him on the site a week or two ago,

I do think he was absent a lot of this year but he put his 2nd book out last year, so maybe he was supporting that

sheadapts.bsky.social•443 days ago

Ben Sasse?
It's like someone sprinkled toxic mold spores in the University hierarchy and added water.

siegferret.bsky.social•443 days ago

Sasse is the president of the University of Florida, which is not the same as the Florida University System.
That said, he is still terrible.

coconnor8.bsky.social•443 days ago

I’d love to be in hell the day Ben Sasse gets there just to see the look on his face

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social•443 days ago

President of the University of Florida, not of the entire Florida higher ed system.
My mistake. Thanks for pointing out the error.
This correction doesn't change my point at all. He leads a 60k-student flagship state university in a state cracking down on speech.
https://staging.bsky.app/profile/siegferret.bsky.social/post/3kgogaxabdq2y

yeahjeetsyeah.bsky.social•443 days ago

Ben Sasse quit politics because he realized no one was falling for his thoughtful bigot schtick.

thetattooedprof.bsky.social•443 days ago

Sasse will never pass up an opportunity to take a bold stand against a made-up problem

christophermauceri.bsky.social•443 days ago

I love these guys who try to be crusaders against “elite” universities *after* they get their degrees from those very same elite universities.

nicholasgrossman.bsky.social•443 days ago

Sure looks like that's a big part of it.
Meaning, they're still carrying arguments and grievances from college, and now have power to act against the people and ideas they've long taken issue with.

christophermauceri.bsky.social•443 days ago

That, and/or it is all just performative nonsense.

chofualum.bsky.social•443 days ago

Wait, are we implying Sasse applied to UF and was NOT accepted? Because THAT would explain it all for sure.
There will literally be a different value placed degrees from UF based on their pre/post Sasse/DeSantis status.