Rose asks:
Anyone wanting to comment on FL and declaring political affiliations of professors/teachers and students? Any one believe there will be no retaliation? Will proof be required? How can proof be given if a private ballot is involved? How does tenure get impacted?
Apparently this was an urban legend started by a Salon headline. University of Florida professors/teachers are not required to declare their political affiliations.
However,
Florida House Bill 233 requires an assessment of the “intellectual freedom and viewpoint diversity” at state colleges and universities.
So professors were asked about their political affiliation in an anonymous survey. This will no doubt be used for evil political purposes to cut funding to universities and to keep students from going to college (“too liberal”) and maybe to funnel public money into evil private institutions like Liberty University. Who knows.
So… it’s bad. But also it’s not attaching a person’s political affiliation to their name anywhere. Other, than, you know, where it’s already attached if you vote in primaries or donate to political candidates.
Grumpy Rumblings (of the formerly untenured) 
October 7, 2022 at 4:34 am
Apparently everyone in Florida thought it was silly and just didn’t fill it out https://www.forbes.com/sites/michaeltnietzel/2022/08/28/florida-college-students-and-staff-snub-states-mandated-intellectual-freedom-and-viewpoint-diversity-survey/?sh=7760fcd430b8
October 7, 2022 at 5:30 am
I wish more reporting had lines like this “suggesting he knows – or cares – little about the differences between public opinion polls and population surveys.”
October 7, 2022 at 10:14 am
THANK YOU. I was horrified.