Just to clarify: this isn't ASU proper, but the Air Force. The Air Force contracts out its distance learning to ASU's Canvas platform. You can see the Air University logo at the top left. The students that received this message are all in the military, and that's who the Executive Order applies to.
An important clarification. A random university threatening to throw grades down/out for something in your bio or the like is still a gross overstep in power, even if it feels cathartic and right. Its far more sensible to expect military personnel to comply with orders and being forced to be better representative.
I was going to say that I really wouldn't be okay with this, but that it's solely applying to a military institution is significantly better.
I'm still not 100% on with this, as cathartic as it might be, solely on the basis of freedom of speech, however I also know that acting in a representative capacity does change the dynamics.
You don't have freedom of speech in the military. You are actually expressly forbidden from going to political events or making public political statements.
The woke shit has been doubly obnoxious not just because it's sick and wrong but also because of the double standard - letting leftist goons get away with things they should be punished for, and would be if they were expressing right wing values.
Which is why I acknowledge it changes the dynamic. The only aspect that holds some level of ambiguity in my personal opinion is whether these Canvas profiles would fall under public or personal usage. That said, I guess if posting something on a social media account would fall under these rules, then I see no reason why this wouldn't as well.
Just to clarify: this isn't ASU proper, but the Air Force. The Air Force contracts out its distance learning to ASU's Canvas platform. You can see the Air University logo at the top left. The students that received this message are all in the military, and that's who the Executive Order applies to.
An important clarification. A random university threatening to throw grades down/out for something in your bio or the like is still a gross overstep in power, even if it feels cathartic and right. Its far more sensible to expect military personnel to comply with orders and being forced to be better representative.
I was going to say that I really wouldn't be okay with this, but that it's solely applying to a military institution is significantly better.
I'm still not 100% on with this, as cathartic as it might be, solely on the basis of freedom of speech, however I also know that acting in a representative capacity does change the dynamics.
On the whole though, this is a win.
You don't have freedom of speech in the military. You are actually expressly forbidden from going to political events or making public political statements.
The woke shit has been doubly obnoxious not just because it's sick and wrong but also because of the double standard - letting leftist goons get away with things they should be punished for, and would be if they were expressing right wing values.
Which is why I acknowledge it changes the dynamic. The only aspect that holds some level of ambiguity in my personal opinion is whether these Canvas profiles would fall under public or personal usage. That said, I guess if posting something on a social media account would fall under these rules, then I see no reason why this wouldn't as well.
And like I said, this is definitely still a win.
IIRC plenty of universities were doing the same if people didn't do unnecessary DEI courses for their subject or similar.
Now you have double standards here! Here students who refused to gender their texts were downgraded…