This is illegal in Europe at least

are they shitting me?

Federally it depends on the ideology, like religion would be illegal, other than that it depends on the state

I do know that political leaning is not a protected class.

It is protected in some places.

DC being one if I’m not mistaken.

is it ok if it's done in Universities though?

like, the example was a guy that was denied for following someone on Twitter

I saw that headline. I find it hard to beleive that that was the reason given,

Legally OK, or do we consider it OK?

I don't think they care much about the legality of it considering one said it's only illegal if they get caught

They're stupid for not realizing that the same argument applies for a 'no darkies' rule

Go back 75 years and that's what these people would be arguing in favor of.

I don't believe rejecting someone based off ideology is illegal. Nor do I think it should be. Freedom of association

Plus, why would you want to go to a place like that?

dude helvetica standard is the best

I think businesses should be able to fire you for whatever reason. As @Grenade123 said, freedom of association

Just opens up a market for centrist Universities

Well, more likely centrist trade schools

If you're a young person, go into trades

They're already in high demand because most kids go to university

You can make a shit ton of money being a plumber, electrician, welder, etc

^
Welding especially

Learn it

Then master it

And, boy, you're in for a stable, well-earning job

career, even

Def

Need the body for it

I only know basic welding

Started messing around with it around 12 years old

I also took a shop class in middle school

Worst mistake I made was staring into the welding light from my "tutor's" demonstration (Just a friend of my guitar teacher who was willing to teach me some basics) for a good number of minutes

I don't think they should get public funding if they choose people by ideology though

Agreed

I'm okay with defunding all universities lol

same

but they were going into, private matters

like... spying on students to make the pick

I think it's fucked up