Here, it's a good statement. An excerpt:
The professoriate stands accused, by politicians, of “indoctrinating” students. Like Socrates (famously, and falsely, accused of “corrupting the youth” and “impiety”), we teach our students to think critically about common wisdom, to question authority, and to welcome fresh perspectives and ideas–even when doing so results in discomfort. We urge you to reject political edicts that prohibit the teaching of ideas on which we might disagree, that replace critical academic inquiry with pre-packaged state-approved lessons, and that demand fearful obedience rather than the courage to have difficult conversations about truth and justice.
This is clearly true of every philosophy department in the Florida public university system I know about (including New College, FSU, and UF), but is it true of other humanities departments? I really don't know. I doubt such fine distinctions keep Ron Orban up at nights, of course.
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