Posted on 03/10/2018 6:31:23 PM PST by rickmichaels
A student at Indiana University of Pennsylvania has been barred from attending a religious studies class required for graduation after pointing out that there are only two genders.
Later this week I will be defending myself and my FIRST AMENDMENT RIGHTS in front of the Academic Integrity Board (AIB) of the Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania (IUP) against allegations of Classroom Conduct violations, Lake Ingle stated in a Facebook post, which was deleted after Ingle retained legal representation.
The decision made by the AIB that day will determine whether I will be able to continue participating in my full course load, as well as graduate this May as scheduled, Ingle continued, adding, This is not transgender, womans rights, or wage issue. This is about free speech and the constant misuse of intellectual power in universities.
According to Ingle, the class was forced to watch a Ted-Talk on February 28 featuring Paula Stone, a transgender woman, who gave examples of mansplaining, male privilege, and systematic sexism. Following the video, Ingle wrote that the instructor opened the floor to WOMEN ONLY. Barring men from speaking until the women in the class have had their chance to speak.
After some time had elapsed, Ingle stated he took this opportunity to point out the official view of biologists who claim there are only two biological genders, and refuted the gender wage gap, after which class resumed as normal.
The floor was opened, and not a single woman spoke. Thirty seconds or so passed and still no woman had spoken. So, I decided it was permissible for me to enter the conversation, especially because I felt the conversation itself was completely inappropriate in its structure, Ingle told Campus Reform. I objected to the use of the anecdotal accounts of one womans experience to begin a discussion in which they were considered reality. It was during my objection that Dr. Downie attempted to silence me because I am not a woman.
On February 29, Ingle met with his instructor, who he says gave him two documentsan Academic Integrity Referral Form and Documented Agreement. Photos of each document, along with a letter from IUP Provost Dr. Tomothy Moerland, were provided to Campus Reform.
Both the referral form and agreement charge Ingle with Disrespectful objection to the professors class discussion structure; refusal to stop talking out of turn; angry outbursts in response to being required to listen to a trans speaker discuss the reality of white male privilege and sexism; disrespectful references to the validity of trans identity and experience; [and making a] disrespectful claim that a low score on any class work would be evidence of professors personal prejudice.
According to the documented agreement, IUP is now attempting to force Ingle to apologize, stipulating that Lake will write an apology to the professor which specifically addresses each of the disrespectful behaviors described above.
Moreover, the agreement proclaims that on March 8, Lake will begin class with an apology to the class for his behavior and then listen in silence as the professor and/or any student who wishes to speak shares how he or she felt during Lakes disrespectful and disruptive outbursts on 2-28.
The Office of the Provost has received a request from [REDACTED] Instructor for RLST 481 Special Topic Self, Sin, and Salvation, to remove you from class due to behaviors that significantly disrupt the learning process in this class, the letter to Ingle from Provost Moerland states. Due to the serious nature of the issue, you are barred from attending this class in accordance with the Classroom Disruption policy.
Although the instructor of the course is redacted, Professor Alison Downie is listed as the only instructor for that particular course on IUPs website.
During my time as a Religious Studies major, I have had professors insult me for opposing views, call me names such as racist or sexist, and have had my views discredited due my race, gender, and sexual orientation, Ingle stated in his Facebook post.
In short - this is not the first time an instructor and I have had a disagreement over course material or that I have objected to the views being pushed on the class, he continued. That being said, the wording in the documents is not only exaggerated, but more than one line is entirely untruthful and is done so purposefully to discredit my views and paint me as intolerant and ignorant.
It is my belief that the instructors decision to file these sanctions is an attempt to bully me into redacting my views, making it a matter of free speech, Ingle concluded.
Ingle told Campus Reform that he will be defending his First Amendment rights to the universitys Academic Integrity Board, which will determine whether he will be allowed to resume attending class regularly, or be forced to graduate late.
The censorship on college campuses is an issue I have tried to take head on in many of my courses as well as offering the opposing, conservative view that many classroom discussion beg for, he said, adding that he is fighting less for himself than for the many other conservative students who endure similar experiences.
With regards to my conflict with the university and instructor, I am fighting to make my voice heard. Not only my voice, but the voices of others that oppose popular university opinion, he explained. I am not battling my professor to prove that I am right about gender wage gaps or transgenderism, I am fighting to ensure that students may disagree with their professors and if they do, must speak up.
Campus Reform reached out to Professor Downie and Provost Moerland, but did not receive a response from either in time for publication.
Unfortunately he/she/it has a lot of company in academia.
OK. But reality needs no discussion, it is what it is. So what you mean is "tell you that you must believe that ..."
Refreshing to see someone fighting back against this madness.
There are many genders but only two sexes.
Obviously that's how they got here, not ME!
My 1983 Websters New Universal Unabridged Dictionary disagrees. It allows only Male, Female and Neutral (Genderless). I doubt you will find anyone referring to gender as a "socio-psychological construct" before the 1990's. Of course, if you don't the definition of a word, change it! Easy to do if you own the education system. My 2003 American Heritage College Dictionary allows unlimited options.
Its not a university, its an indoctrination center.
And We have far to many of those! Indoctrination centers!
Being forced to listen to a sexual deviant ranting is part of the “learning process” at this ****hole school?
I was a left leaning libertarian student at ole miss in late 70s when most of my professors were conservative or moderate..maybe a half dozen ardent liberals
I argued with them a lot given my nature and they didnt seem to mind since I wasnt disruptive
And they never penalized my grades if I did the work
This is lunacy today
Yes — the language started to change in the 1990’s. All part of a long-range strategy — control the language, to make it impossible to think or express incorrect ideas.
Thats a MAN, Baby!
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My exact thought, upon seeing the pic!
And ONE English grammar class.
“Claiming there are two genders”
Sorry, there are two SEXES, male and female. Genders are for German nouns, and there are three.
Typical. A sour faced, saggy titted crepey throated, old commie lesbian. Thanks feminist baby boom women for fostering this degenerate.
When you pay good money for a college degree,you expect something in return,like an honest education. Learning the wrong things & being a “yes man” is not acquiring an honest education. I guess the mistake Ingle made was in not picking the right school. He should demand his money back;no need to pay for something like that when bad advice can be found for free almost anywhere.
Guilty!
I told my kids they are not in college to learn, they can learn on their own time. They are there for one reason, to get a grade leading to a degree leading to a job.
I’d hit it.
Stand up for our rights now or be faced with never having a right to do anything those vile evil scumbags tell us we can do.
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