Ivy League School Issues a Pronoun Mandate, Tells Students to Report Each Other for Infractions – Opinion

Columbia University is where people get educated.

Learning’s surely taking place in math, science, and business, but as a bonus, students are being educated on the business of woke words.

In September, the college posted a video to its “Inclusion and Belonging” page called “Why Pronouns Matter.”

If you don’t know what pronouns are, are, here’s the scoop:

Pronouns are used in place of a person’s name. Many people use the pronouns she/he and he/him, but a rising number of people are switching to using pronouns like per/pers and ze/zim.

“Some people are comfortable with multiple pronouns,” it points out, “regardless of their gender identity or expression.”

Here are some examples

If someone’s pronouns are she/they, that’s just another way to indicate that a person uses she/her/hers and they/them/theirs pronouns. Some people don’t use pronouns and prefer to refer to themselves by their names.

Don’t make assumptions, the video warns — “you can’t know a person’s gender just by looking at them.”

We’re entering a new era of language, and it’s one — so far as I can tell — that’s infinitely more complex.

Oddly, pronouns don’t involve direct communication.

Despite an urging for all to pick pronouns of their choice, such words are never uttered when speaking to the person at issue’s face.

The video calls to “many [using]” traditional pronouns, but in truth, no one “uses” their own pronouns at all — pronouns are third-person terms.

And if you can’t tell someone’s pronouns by sight, that may present problems — one of their most common applications is as a reference to people one doesn’t know.

Pronouns were merely considered sex in simpler times. But it seems we’ve all been moved to civilization’s Advanced Class.

Hence, CU’s helping everyone accomplish “inclusivity” — even though people aren’t generally present (or included) when their pronouns are employed.

“Asking for and using correct pronouns is a way to respect those around you and create an inclusive environment,” the video explains.

For reasons of which I’m unaware, we’re being directed to find life-defining meaning in labels.

And Columbia is only the latest amid a long line in the pronoun push.

See:

Michigan is reorganizing its State Police Department

Illustration by The State Department: Just how Screwed Are We

Mayo Clinic Updates its Dress Policy to Add Pronoun Buttons

You’ll Be Graded on Wokeness: Professor Forces Students to Put Their Pronouns on Assignments

University Orders Adherence to Preferred Pronouns and Made-Up Monikers, Threatens ‘Action’ Regardless of ‘Intent’

University Celebrates ‘Plus Size Appreciation Day,’ Cancels Columbus and Pronoun Privilege

Columbia provides correct protocol if a mistake has been made.

Particularly important for transgender and queer people. If you make a mistake or use incorrect pronouns please correct it and continue.

But don’t assume accidents are acceptable:

The power of words is what matters. Unintentional mistakes can cause problems. Research shows that using someone’s correct pronouns has a big impact on their mental health and well-being.

In addition to redefining “pronoun,” society’s taken to a repurposing of the word “safe”:

The normalization of pronoun sharing creates a safe space for everyone, regardless of gender or gender expression.

“So in introductions, share your own pronouns first,” the video instructs. “Use pronouns with your name in meetings and on name tags. And add your pronouns and this video to your email signatures, in your bio, and in chat.”

And the new normal isn’t just a suggestion:

Columbia University prohibits discrimination by intentionally misgendering people.

What if some don’t conform, whether it be intentional or not?

The school’s sticking to a system that’s tried and true.

The video points students to eoaa.columbia.edu to “learn more about Columbia’s non-discrimination policy or to report an incident.”

Those who are on the move, however, need to register:

Students, instructors, and faculty have access to pronoun recordings. If you are a student and would like to learn more about pronoun registration, visit the Guide to Pronouns for Use for Students. Faculty with questions about accessing their students’ pronouns can learn more in the Guide to Pronouns in Use for Faculty and Instructors.

The page also links to a separate guide, “Pronouns in Our Community: A Guide from the Office of University Life.”

In the recent years, school has undergone a lot of changes. It was once intended to prepare and educate, but now it seems to be keen to create sensitive and better citizens.

To that end, America’s education system is doing a tremendous job.

And if we’re now to create our own words that others must use though we aren’t even around, it seems one might as well go big.

Connect with your inner animal!

Welcoming to the World Of ‘Noun Self’ Pronouns.
https://t.co/GXR87HKkjD

— RedState (@RedState) April 15, 2021

In either case, we are in a new era. Be careful, or your friends will turn you in.

As indicated by the video, so goes “inclusion”:

All of us can work together and create a Columbia community that’s more inclusive for those who live around us.

-ALEX

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