Thomas Jefferson, former president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, believed that people were “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” The university in Philadelphia bearing his name, Thomas Jefferson University, seeks to limit such rights of…
Thomas Jefferson, former president of the United States and author of the Declaration of Independence, believed that people were “endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights.” The university in Philadelphia bearing his name, Thomas Jefferson University, seeks to limit such rights of its employees, most notably Mark Tykocinski, the school’s president and dean of its Sidney Kimmel Medical College.
“At his level, he is held to a higher standard and should have known better,” Cacchione said in a message last week, the Philadelphia Inquirer reported. The announcement was sent to the university’s faculty, employees, and students.But what is so disappointing? COVID-19 skepticism and gender reassignment surgery are two very important things to be extremely critical about.
But instead of staged outrage and political theater over Tykocinski’s Twitter, everyone should question Cacchione’s words. What standard did he violate? And “known better” about what? The whole “trust the science” regarding COVID-19 vaccines was complete hogwash, predicated on junk science and propaganda. Even Dr. Deborah Birx, the former White House COVID-19 response coordinator, criticized vaccine efficacy and claimed they were overplayed.
Moreover, what about gender ideology? Are Cacchione and Thomas Jefferson University so compromised by the gender reassignment industrial complex and lobby that they are beholden to these medical experimentations on young children that cause irreparable damage to many children who aren’t even teenagers yet? Tykocinski isn’t allowed to express cynicism over that? Nothing other than an adherence to radical left-wing ideologies is deemed acceptable.
Unfortunately, Tykocinski backed down and issued an apology. While I don’t know for sure, I could only imagine that his job was threatened unless he did so. It is the kind of oppression that the Left’s academic elitists use to get their way, promote their narratives, and advance radical agendas. They weaponize their authority to engage in extremist indoctrination and the brainwashing of students. And as Cacchione’s sanctimonious comments showed, there is only one proper way to think.
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