Despite the increasing cultural blowback against the totalitarian lunacy of politically correct language on college campuses, things are just getting worse in our purported institutions of higher learning.

Now George Mason University has advised graduate teaching assistants (TAs) during a mandatory training earlier this week to use more "inclusive" language and to avoid "exclusionary" words or phrases such as “freshman,” “last name,” and “it is easy to imagine.”

The Daily Caller reports that the school urged this in a guide titled “Creating Inclusive Classrooms,” a copy of which was obtained by The DC.

“Make sure that your syllabus is written in non-sexist, gender-inclusive terms,” the guide suggests. “For example, use the phrase first-year student versus freshman, humankind rather than mankind, etc.”

“Strive for inclusive language that does not assume Eurocentric name forms,” continues the guide. “For example, use family name rather than last name or given name versus Christian name.” The school recommends that graduate TAs make sure that students can pronounce each others’ names, suggesting using notecards with phonetic spelling.

“When lecturing, avoid exclusionary phrases such as ‘everyone knows…,’ ‘it is easy to imagine…,’ or ‘certainly the answer is obvious…,’ the guidelines continue. “These phrases assume a shared cultural context and can function to silence or discourage students from asking questions.”

The guide also advised TAs to use media that are “gender-neutral” and “stereotype-free,” include a diversity statement in their syllabi, and ask students for their preferred pronouns that accord with their gender identity and expression.

The DC points out that Dr. Laura Lukes, assistant director of George Mason’s center for teaching and faculty excellence, coordinated the session at which the TAs received these guidelines.

At least one anonymous graduate TA plans on pushing back against this PC nonsense. “I won’t avoid saying things like ‘mankind’ or ‘freshman. They aren’t even gendered words, kind of like ‘history.’ Not that I would avoid gendered words anyway.”

Bravo, anonymous TA. Stay strong.