Lawmakers May Finally Punish A University For Being Too Politically Correct with “Gender-Confused Pronouns.?

pronoun to use when someone’s gender is unknown or when the individual is neither male or female.? W.T.F? 

Lawmakers in Tennessee are promising to bring the state’s flagship college to heel after it grabbed headlines for telling students to use more “gender-neutral pronouns.”

The hoopla started at the University of Tennessee-Knoxville (UT) when the school’s Pride Center director Donna Braquet posted an online guide on what pronouns to use to refer to people. The guide noted that some people, rather than going by “he” or “she,” may prefer to go by one of “dozens” of gender-neutral pronouns, such as “ze” or “xe.” The guide suggested that professors should ask for preferred pronouns when calling roll, encouraged people to add their “preferred pronoun” when introducing themselves, and even suggested that simply asking strangers for their pronoun was a good policy. (RELATED: Orwell’s Newspeak Is Coming To A Campus Near You)

While the guide was taken down following public backlash, some state lawmakers say its very existence is a call to action. On Thursday, 32 Tennessee lawmakers sent a letter to UT’s board of trustees condemning the pronoun crusade as a ludicrous waste of money.

“Sadly, our University is clearly entertaining a tool of the left – critical theory – which is a philosophy that involves being critical of the prevailing view of history, society, government and economics,” the letter says. “The overall effort is designed to move forward a political agenda, and advance social changes advocated by a small minority. However, it is clearly improper to use the resources of this institution in this manner … We need to focus 100% on creating productive people in society, and not filling them with philosophies of empty deceit.” (RELATED: Harvard Now Lets Students Choose What Pronoun They Want)

Lawmakers don’t plan to stop with mere letters, though. On Friday, the Times Free Press reported that members of the state Senate are also planning two days of hearings on the matter. Ron Ramsey, the Senate’s Republican speaker, has warned that if UT doesn’t “resolve” the matter soon, “the legislature will most certainly weigh in when we return in January.”

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