Newspeak in Georgia

George Orwell warned us of this kind of silencing by the government in his novel,  1984, where the government of Oceania tried to control people's thoughts by censoring their use of language. The allowed language was called "Newspeak".

The actions by the Georgia State Education commission to forbid the use of words like “equity” and “inclusion” in public school teachers lesson plans are a further symptom of totalitarianism which is infecting the people of the United States.

The infection of totalitarian thinking is much more pervasive in some states than in others. The fact that Newspeak has infected the Georgia State Education Commission is noteworthy because of their power to infect all the public school teachers in the State of Georgia who can then pass the infection on to their students and students' families.

As this infection of Newspeak spreads throughout the South, how will the citizens of those states be able to collaborate and cooperate with others in the current world where equity and inclusiveness are ever important principles in creating our mutual life together on this planet?  

Unitarian Universalists have seven principles which they covenant together to affirm and promote. The second principle is equity, justice, and compassion in human relations. You can read more about this here.

The Georgia State Education Commission’s policy is not only in violation of the Unitarian Universalist second principle, it diminishes the development and strengthening of several of the skills of spiritual intelligence such as “awareness of worldview of others,” “awareness of the interconnectedness of life,” “awareness of the limitations of human perception,” awareness of spiritual laws regarding love of one’s fellow humans”, etc.

This policy of the Georgia State Education commission is indicative of the low level of spiritual intelligence of the people in  leadership in the Georgia State government. In the future the level of spiritual intelligence of the candidates for political office should be taken into consideration for whom to cast one’s vote.