Silencing Jordan Peterson... Canada takes action.

Carl Emerson · Aug 19, 2024

This is a wake up call...

Comment appreciated.

Howard Levitt: Jordan Peterson decision leaves professionals at mercy of regulatory overlords

Court ruling will have chilling effect leaving regulated Canadians afraid to challenge the sensibilities of their regulators. Keep reading.

financialpost.com

PloverWing · Aug 19, 2024

The video is 27 minutes. Can you summarize in a sentence what's happening with Jordan Peterson?

Carl Emerson · Aug 19, 2024

The Supreme Court of Canada have ruled he must undergo 're-education'...

The ruling over-rides the Canadian Government's constitutional right to free speech.

Carl Emerson · Aug 19, 2024

Reaction to Supreme Court of Canada Ruling and Mandated Re-Education

Aug 10 2024
A brief discussion of Dr. Jordan B. Peterson’s court case regarding freedom of speech in Canada. The College of Psychologist’s is forcing mandatory “social media re-training” in order for Jordan to keep his license, after a dozen or so complaints were submitted online about his tweets and Joe Rogan podcasts. The Supreme Court has ruled against his appeal, ruling that the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms has no force against the mid level bureaucrats who rule the professional colleges and regulatory boards. This is a blow to all working professionals in Canada who value freedom of speech, to say nothing of those they serve.

Tinker Grey · Aug 19, 2024

Carl Emerson said:
The Supreme Court of Canada have ruled he is to undergo 're-education'...

More accurately, the Canadian Supreme Court denied his appeal. The college of psychologists if Ontario decided that he needed to undergo reeducation, more or less gor unprofessional behavior. This board is responsible for licensing of psychologists in Ontario.

Supreme Court shut down of Jordan Peterson re-education appeal

The Supreme Court of Canada has denied an appeal from psychologist and author Dr. Jordan Peterson against an order to have him undergo social media training by the College of Psychologists of Ontario as a punitive measure for controversial social media posts.

tnc.news

He's just whining

iluvatar5150 · Aug 19, 2024

I wish somebody would silence him. There are a lot of self-important windbags out there, but man does he stand out among them, and not just because of his ridiculous suits.

ThatRobGuy · Aug 19, 2024

So, to put it in less alarmist terms.

This isn't the government mandating that an everyday ordinary citizen have to attend some sort of "re-education camp" (1984 style)

He doesn't have to attend if he doesn't want to.

This is basically a higher court saying they're not going to overturn the decision of a lower governing body that suggested that he needs to undergo a social media engagement training if he wishes to keep his professional license in good standing.

Now, do I think it's a political hit-job for that license issuing body to file the motion to make him take, what could be considered for all intents and purposes, a watered down "sensitivity training" of sorts? Yeah, probably. He has a mindset about certain issues that goes against the grain in comparison to his peers and colleagues north of the border, he's high profile, and it's an easy way for them to score points with the Liberal party up there when it comes time for budget discussions.

But that's very different than the advertised headline is implying of "Government forcing people to attend re-education" (as to make it sound like it's some sort of Maoist system)

His psychology license isn't even his primary source of income anymore and I doubt he was seeing that many patients (if any?) these days given that he has a pretty packed speaking tour and works full-time making content for the DailyWire.

ThatRobGuy · Aug 19, 2024

iluvatar5150 said:
I wish somebody would silence him. There are a lot of self-important windbags out there, but man does he stand out among them, and not just because of his ridiculous suits.

So you're saying it's like if all the members of The View globbed into one mass, gained the ability to grow a beard, and sounded a little bit like kermit the frog?

timothyu · Aug 19, 2024

Its not people like Peterson who need 're-educating'. It is the thin skinned people out there.

eg.

Bradskii · Aug 19, 2024

timothyu said:
Its not people like Peterson who need 're-educating'. It is the thin skinned people out there.

eg.

What Atkinson was saying had absolutely nothing to do with the recent UK riots and discussions about inciting violence online. His comments were made quite a few years ago on an entirely different matter.

timothyu · Aug 19, 2024

Bradskii said:
What Atkinson was saying had absolutely nothing to do with the recent UK riots and discussions about inciting violence online. His comments were made quite a few years ago on an entirely different matter.

Matters not what the click bait was.. It was bang on about freedom of speech

Bradskii · Aug 19, 2024

timothyu said:
Matters not what the click bait was.. It was bang on about freedom of speech

If you think that the right to insult someone and the right to incite violence or the right to intentionally spread misinformation are all the same, then I guess it doesn't matter who you listen to or what they say.

timothyu · Aug 19, 2024

Atkinson addressed that.

iluvatar5150 · Aug 19, 2024

ThatRobGuy said:
So you're saying it's like if all the members of The View globbed into one mass, gained the ability to grow a beard, and sounded a little bit like kermit the frog?

Have you played the game Inside? If so, do you remember the creature at the end?

timothyu said:
Its not people like Peterson who need 're-educating'. It is the thin skinned people out there.

Of the times I’ve been presented with content from Peterson, half the time he’s been bloviating about something he doesn’t understand and the other half he’s whining about being put upon.

timothyu · Aug 19, 2024

iluvatar5150 said:
Of the times I’ve been presented with content from Peterson, half the time he’s been bloviating about something he doesn’t understand and the other half he’s whining about being put upon.

As you are free to say. All should have that right.

Larniavc · Aug 19, 2024

Carl Emerson said:
This is a wake up call...

Comment appreciated.

Dr Peterson is a well known crank. He work on addiction was grounded and valid but when he opines outside of his field is expertise he is clueless.

Psychologists are held to exceedingly high ethical standards. If he cannot or refuses to do so he will lose his licence.

When is similar to an MD struck off for mal practice. The academic world has standards.

Larniavc · Aug 19, 2024

timothyu said:
Its not people like Peterson who need 're-educating'. It is the thin skinned people out there.

eg.

Well you say that but if I said something bad about Jesus would you laugh it off?

We are all thin skinned about the things we care about.

timothyu · Aug 19, 2024

Larniavc said:
Well you say that but if I said something bad about Jesus would you laugh it off?

That would be on your head, not mine. Besides the majority of the world already does.

Larniavc · Aug 19, 2024

timothyu said:
That would be on your head, not mine. Besides the majority of the world already does.

So would you laugh it off or not? Are we not all thin skinned about something?

timothyu · Aug 19, 2024

More like think.. your loss. We sow seeds but aren't supposed to determine how they grow. Que sera sera

Silencing Jordan Peterson... Canada takes action.

Well-Known Member

Episcopalian

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Wanderer

Well-Known Member

Part of the IT crowd

Part of the IT crowd

Well-Known Member

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Well-Known Member

Old age should burn and rave at close of day;

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

Well-Known Member

"Larniavc sir, how are you so smart?"

"Larniavc sir, how are you so smart?"

Well-Known Member

"Larniavc sir, how are you so smart?"

Well-Known Member

Similar threads