Good for UT
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PillsburyDoughboy
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I'm calling the BS flag right now. This from the university that called for referring to one another with terms like 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead. https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/ar...nts-stop-using-switch-xe-zir-xyr-instead.html
The University of Tennessee has told its staff and students to stop calling each other 'he', 'she', 'him' and 'her' - and to start referring to one another with terms like 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead.
The Knoxville branch of the public university, which has 27,400 students, sent a memo round to its members filled with unusual new parts of speech to avoid referring to anybody's gender.
According to a gay rights official at the university, the new language regime will make the university 'welcoming and inclusive' and stop people feeling 'marginalized'.
The University of Tennessee has told its staff and students to stop calling each other 'he', 'she', 'him' and 'her' - and to start referring to one another with terms like 'xe', 'zir' and 'xyr' instead.
The Knoxville branch of the public university, which has 27,400 students, sent a memo round to its members filled with unusual new parts of speech to avoid referring to anybody's gender.
According to a gay rights official at the university, the new language regime will make the university 'welcoming and inclusive' and stop people feeling 'marginalized'.
Fake news! Wished it was true though!
Bs
They had a blm march, already went over the edge
RGW NEWS (Richard West) is a parody account with some funny things, such as this
You really should read the entire article and see the following at the end. Nothing was mandated. That said nothing would surprise me at any public university knowing how liberals dominate that arena. My daughter has been at UT the last 5 years and finishes grad school next month and has never once mentioned anything like this.
A statement from a university spokesman said: 'We would like to offer clarification of the statements that have been made referring to gender-neutral language.
'There is no mandate or official policy to use the language. The information provided in our Office of Diversity and Inclusion newsletter was offered as a resource to our campus community on inclusive practices.
'We recognize that most people prefer to use the pronouns he and she; we do not dictate speech
