# The Republican Party is the Party of Evil **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [March 4, 2021, 5:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187 "2021-03-04T17:43:17Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 69
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:19pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1362 "2022-07-06T16:19:14Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Or just lie and say “Republican”. Sort of the way the German people said they supported the Nazis when asked. No thanks. ---
**Author:** ![enipla](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/54ee81/32.png) [@enipla](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/enipla)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1363 "2022-07-06T16:36:25Z")
> [@74westy](#): > > I assumed “not respond in a satisfactory manner” would mean reporting too many non-republicans but maybe it includes silly answers too. The survey will be - - I’m a Republican and will donate lot’s of money (please provide bank account information) - I’m a Communist (please provide your address) Similar to Trump’s ‘surveys’ ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:38pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1364 "2022-07-06T16:38:26Z")
> [@Robot\_Arm](#): > > Or just lie and say “Republican”. I’m sure that they then go and check any donations you’ve made, or any other ways of determining your affiliation. > [@Czarcasm](#): > > “It 'says here that you are registered as a Democrat (or Independent). You’re fired”. I do wonder how long until Florida universities are no longer accredited institutions. ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1365 "2022-07-06T16:40:45Z")
Politifact is somewhat reassuring. But only somewhat, and only because they haven’t gotten around to creating the survey yet. Don’t know what DeSantis is on about, though. > The survey hasn’t been created yet, so we don’t know what it will ask students, faculty and staff at these institutions. But a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Education told us it will be voluntary and won’t ask about individuals’ political beliefs, though surveys in other states that lawmakers have cited as inspiration for the bill do. > > But, as written, the law doesn’t require public college and university students, faculty and staff to register their political views with the state. > **[PolitiFact - New Florida law doesn't require university students, faculty and...](https://www.politifact.com/factchecks/2021/jun/25/viral-image/new-florida-law-requires-public-universities-surve/)** > > Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis signed a bill on June 23 requiring an annual assessment of "intellectual freedom and viewpoint ---
**Author:** ![silenus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/silenus/32/166_2.png) [@silenus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/silenus)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1366 "2022-07-06T16:41:34Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I do wonder how long until Florida universities are no longer accredited institutions. I’m going to love the fallout when every Florida college team goes bye-bye. ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1367 "2022-07-06T16:42:53Z")
> [@Morgyn](#): > > But a spokesperson for the Florida Department of Education told us it will be voluntary and won’t ask about individuals’ political beliefs Lying liar, or deliberately ignorant? ---
**Author:** ![Morgyn](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/morgyn/32/3041_2.png) [@Morgyn](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Morgyn)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1368 "2022-07-06T16:47:13Z")
The bill doesn’t specify anonymity or questions, so eh. As I said, it’s only somewhat reassuring. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1369 "2022-07-06T16:48:40Z")
It’ll be interesting to see how this actually works out. But the last line “It’s merely going to ask whether they feel they can express their political viewpoints and opinions in their college classrooms,” Etters said. “The idea is to get at ‘Do they feel safe expressing their own viewpoint in college?’” Okay, so how does someone answer this that takes a biology course, and the professor asks them to stop disrupting the class with their lecture on creationism? ---
**Author:** ![Kimstu](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/k/ecd19e/32.png) [@Kimstu](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kimstu)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 4:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1370 "2022-07-06T16:48:58Z")
If this nonsensical “intellectual diversity” harassment gets serious, I wonder if there’s a possible BFOQ [bona-fide occupational qualification] defense strategy. I mean, I think there’s a case to be made that not being a completely delusional anti-science facts-denying nutbag is in fact a bona fide occupational qualification for an instructor at an accredited higher education institution. ---
**Author:** ![Buck\_Godot](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/buck_godot/32/6573_2.png) [@Buck\_Godot](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Buck_Godot)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 5:51pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1371 "2022-07-06T17:51:11Z")
> [@iiandyiiii](#): > > Such a survey will be very easy to manipulate. I expect there will be a lot of silly answers in that survey, such that it will give DeSantis very little, if any, useful information on who to fire. They survey ([pdf](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/21574590-combined-intellectual-freedom-and-viewpoint-diversity-employee-survey)) is multiple choice so there isn’t a lot of opportunity to provide silly answers, the best you could do is to say that you are a conservative the university is strongly biased against liberal thought. The whole purpose of they can so that the Tucker Carlson devotees among the students and faculty think that exploring experiences outside of white male Christians is discriminatory can be can say how marginalized they feel, and so prove Carlson right. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 6:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1372 "2022-07-06T18:25:44Z")
I mean, the last question of the survey specifically asks “Where would you place yourself on the following scale” Conservative Moderate Liberal Other The questions are a bit ambiguous, open to interpretation, which is by design, I believe. A liberal who doesn’t face specific sanction for their views is going to say that the campus is fairly free for speech. A Conservative who once saw someone roll their eyes while they were launching into a Pro-Trump tirade is going to whine that they were being oppressed. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 6:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1373 "2022-07-06T18:41:18Z")
> [@Rebo](#): > > We are quickly becoming Gilead. Or Airstrip One. Doubleplus Ungood. ---
**Author:** ![smithsb](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/smithsb/32/12107_2.png) [@smithsb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/smithsb)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 6:52pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1374 "2022-07-06T18:52:44Z")
> **[Trump-Backed Michigan Candidate Said Abortion Is Satanic 'Child Sacrifice'](https://jezebel.com/trump-backed-michigan-candidate-said-abortion-is-satani-1849143650)** > > Kristina Karamo believes some really bizarre and terrifying things, and Republicans want her in charge of Michigan's elections. GQP mascot candidate for Secretary of State in Michigan. Not too fond of trans people. Big believer in election fraud [because that’s what she would have done]. ---
**Author:** ![Euphonious\_Polemic](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/euphonious_polemic/32/3002_2.png) [@Euphonious\_Polemic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Euphonious_Polemic)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 7:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1375 "2022-07-06T19:00:38Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I mean, the last question of the survey specifically asks > > “Where would you place yourself on the following scale” > > Conservative > Moderate > Liberal > Other “None of your fucking business.” ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 7:16pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1376 "2022-07-06T19:16:02Z")
Well, it is none of their fucking business because the survey is optional. Which means a self selection bias, those who feel as though their right of free expression has been violated will be more likely to take the survey than those who don’t. If this survey was put out by Gallup, it would be irresponsible. That it’s put out by the state in order to inform policy choices is downright, well, evil. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1377 "2022-07-06T19:26:22Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > I’m sure that they then go and check any donations you’ve made, or any other ways of determining your affiliation. “Damnit, those Damn Democrats™ stole my identity again! Just like during the election! Ain’t that just like _those people_, amiright?” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 7:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1378 "2022-07-06T19:29:45Z")
Right-wing assholes don’t have to prove it beyond a shadow of a doubt. It is a sniff test, and if you don’t smell 100% “Right”, you’re getting thrown under the bus. Cutesy excuses ain’t gonna cut it. ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 7:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1379 "2022-07-06T19:30:48Z")
> [@k9bfriender](#): > > Which means a self selection bias, those who feel as though their right of free expression has been violated will be more likely to take the survey than those who don’t. Remembering my days at University, I’m confident that there will be plenty of students lining up to mess with their results. “Why yes, I’m a Republican-voting Conservative Christian who hates abortion and taxes, loves guns and Trump, and I feel perfectly safe telling my libtard professors how stupid they all are!” ---
**Author:** ![Czarcasm](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/czarcasm/32/4050_2.png) [@Czarcasm](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Czarcasm)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 7:33pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1380 "2022-07-06T19:33:57Z")
Like I said, transparent crap like than is just going to get your teachers fired as insurrectionists. This isn’t a cute game to them-this is war. ---
**Author:** ![k9bfriender](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/k9bfriender/32/3283_2.png) [@k9bfriender](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/k9bfriender)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2022, 7:36pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187/1381 "2022-07-06T19:36:27Z")
> [@Czarcasm](#): > > teachers fired as insurrectionists And by fired, you actually mean shot. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=68) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-republican-party-is-the-party-of-evil/937187.md?page=70)