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The term, "Thoughtcrime", was popularized in the dystopian novel 1984 by George Orwell. Thoughtcrime is the criminal act of holding unspoken beliefs or doubts that oppose or question "the party". Orwell's "Thought Police (thinkpol)" were the secret police of 1984 whose job was to uncover and punish thoughtcrime against "the party". Thinkpol used surveillance and psychological monitoring to find and eliminate members of society who challenge the party's authority and ideology.

Thoughcrime is alive today and quickly and ruthlessly enforced in America's schools, corporations, government agencies, and everywhere, though it is known by another name: Political Incorrectness. TU's thinkpol have not yet begun enforcement of thoughtcrime for incorrectly addressing someone who identifies as a different gender, however as a precursor, they are trying to shame students into thinking and saying what they want them to say. There can be no disagreement with political correctness as defined by "the party" in the USA. The prevailing politically correct Zeitgeist of thought and behavior forces Americans to live a lie by denying reality. Fear of thoughtcrime prosecution compels cognitive dissonance. If reality contradicts the "the party", it must be eradicated for PC is truth.

What can save us from this new totalitarian system? Perhaps only believing the words Jesus spoke to Pontius Pilate...John 18:37 Pilate therefore said unto him, Art thou a king then? Jesus answered, Thou sayest that I am a king. To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth. Every one that is of the truth heareth my voice.

1 posted on 08/31/2015 5:04:08 PM PDT by Jan_Sobieski
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I prefer the pronoun “it” for the likes of Bruce Jenner.


2 posted on 08/31/2015 5:05:07 PM PDT by Paladin2 (Ive given up on aphostrophys and spell chek on my current device...)
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Be easier, and more economical, to just shut down the University of Tennessee Office for Diversity and Inclusion.


3 posted on 08/31/2015 5:06:33 PM PDT by Arm_Bears (Biology is biology. Everything else is imagination.)
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encouraging use of gender-neutral pronouns such as "xe," "xym" and "xyr."

Lord o' mercy. The parents who paid for their kids to go to UT deserve what they get.

Those of us who have money taken from us by force to pay for kids to go to these schools don't deserve it.

4 posted on 08/31/2015 5:07:59 PM PDT by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all -- Texas Eagle)
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No wonder so many young kids are loony tunes these days. Schools are driving them nuts!!!


6 posted on 08/31/2015 5:10:58 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Cecil the Lion says, Stop the Slaughter of the Baby Humans!!!)
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How big a say does this Department have at the University, other than in their weird little classes?


7 posted on 08/31/2015 5:11:44 PM PDT by Pearls Before Swine
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I think I would start to use my own created language when talking to these college professors. If it doesn’t matter about pronoun, than it doesn’t matter about language at all.


8 posted on 08/31/2015 5:11:54 PM PDT by Jonty30 (What Islam and secularism have in common is that they are both death cults)
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Noisemaking from Republican politicians to create an emotional issue for their re-election next time does not mean much to me anymore.

The state funds the university to some extent.

The GOP controlled legislature and governor can simply shut off the funds entirely saying they will fund education but not indoctrination.

Its tough action time, not emotional words time.

Political showboating doesn’t impress me anymore.


9 posted on 08/31/2015 5:12:08 PM PDT by Nextrush (FREEDOM IS EVERYBODY'S BUSINESS, REMEMBER PASTOR NIEMOLLER)
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The University of Tennessee can cram it.

Clearly they have lost their minds.

10 posted on 08/31/2015 5:12:22 PM PDT by ColdSteelTalon (Light is fading to shadow, and casting its shroud over all we have known...)
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How about: "idoit" (for him),

and: "idiot" (for her)

plural form can be: "Idiots"

general form: "Freakin' Idiots"

11 posted on 08/31/2015 5:13:25 PM PDT by broken_arrow1 (I regret that I have but one life to give for my country - Nathan Hale "Patriot")
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Dare to be Different!

Exceptionalism Is A Lie.

Donate to F.R.!

In Samness, There Is Peace.


12 posted on 08/31/2015 5:15:17 PM PDT by KC_Lion (This Millennial is for Cruz!)
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Translation...

The University of Tennessee is officially a cult.

University of Tennessee thinks they are God and control the language. This is Cult behavior.

Imagine if David Koresh or Jim Jones said this to their followers. People would say that’s crazy! Oh but when University of Tennessee declares THEY CONTROL THE LANGUAGE, then that’s okay....

I would tell those BASTARDS to go to h@ll! They are NOT my God, and I’m NOT their slave.


16 posted on 08/31/2015 5:19:58 PM PDT by Enlightened1
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I remember when Vanderbilt kicked the Christians off campus, and the TN legislature refused to hold back any of the considerable state money flowing to that private school. Now one of their state schools is going PC-mad, and I suspect they won’t do anything again. Or maybe they’ll ban the Confederate flag; they’ll do that.


17 posted on 08/31/2015 5:21:50 PM PDT by madprof98
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What’s amazing is that this crap is going on in Knoxville - the buckle of the Bible belt. What are the Knoxvillian saying about this?


18 posted on 08/31/2015 5:24:39 PM PDT by aquila48
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Does that include “gay?”

Isaiah 5:20

Woe unto them that call evil good, and good evil; that put darkness for light, and light for darkness; and ... that put bitter for sweet, and sweet for bitter! ...


20 posted on 08/31/2015 5:28:21 PM PDT by Sasparilla (If you want peace, prepare for war.)
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This is in Tennessee.

If you don’t this this nation is toast you probably are on drugs or worse.


21 posted on 08/31/2015 5:30:08 PM PDT by Original Lurker
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Just curious. Does the University of Tennessee employ anyone who isn’t mentally ill?


22 posted on 08/31/2015 5:31:50 PM PDT by stevem
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such as "xe,"

Why would someone want to be called Xenon?

23 posted on 08/31/2015 5:32:42 PM PDT by Opinionated Blowhard ("When the people find they can vote themselves money, that will herald the end of the republic.")
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I would tell he/she/it to fuch off.


24 posted on 08/31/2015 5:33:15 PM PDT by Secret Agent Man (Gone Galt; Not averse to Going Bronson.)
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Be he man, woman, chicken, child, he, she or it.


26 posted on 08/31/2015 5:45:39 PM PDT by taxcontrol
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Screw zem!


27 posted on 08/31/2015 5:59:16 PM PDT by bigbob (The best way to get a bad law repealed is to enforce it strictly. Abraham Lincoln)
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