Political Correctness Goes Way Too Far at This U.S. College

Many people at the college scene think that more has to be done in order to be more ‘inclusive’ towards the transgender crowd. And, in an attempt at this inclusiveness, the University of Tennessee-Knoxville has thrown conventional pronouns out the window for their replacements: “ze, hir, zir, xe, xem and xyr”. According to Todd Starnes at Fox News:

It’s not policy,” he said. “It’s about inclusive practice.”

Hall told me the gender neutral pronouns were a way of “exposing our students (to an) increasingly diverse and global world.”

He said gender neutral pronoun usage is not new – and that as things change – people always have questions. Nevertheless, he stressed this is not a mandated university policy.

“I reiterate, it’s not a mandate, it’s not an official policy, it’s not a policy from the board,” he told me. “It’s about education. We are (a) higher education institution and exposing our students to a lot of different things.”

Educators in the Volunteer State are very concerned that students might be offended by the usage of traditional pronouns like she, he, him and hers, according to a document from the University of Tennessee – Knoxville’s Office of Diversity and Inclusion.

“With the new semester beginning and an influx of new students on campus, it is important to participate in making our campus welcoming and inclusive for all,” wrote Donna Braquet in a posting on the university’s website. “One way to do that is to use a student’s chosen name and their correct pronouns.”

Braquet, who is director of the university’s Pride Center, suggested using a variety of gender neutral pronouns instead of traditional pronouns.

“There are dozens of gender-neutral pronouns,” she declared.

For all you folks who went to school back when there were only him and her – here’s a primer: some of the new gender neutral pronouns are ze, hir, zir, xe, xem and xyr.

“These may sound a little funny at first, but only because they are new,” Braquet explained. “The ‘she’ and ‘he’ pronouns would sound strange too if we had been taught ‘ze’ when growing up.”

Somehow I sincerely doubt that, but whatever. Anything goes for the sake of inclusivity, right?

Something about this “inclusivity” business doesn’t seem right to me. Major institutions like the University of Tennessee-Knoxville are altering their policy so that a group of people who make up less than 0.5 percent feel comfortable, and if you question it you’re a “transphobe”.

It’s clear that political correctness has gone too far.

Source: Fox News