Saturday, September 02, 2023

I hope this works, but I have to wonder

Jordan Peterson is being forced into "mandatory remedial" training in Canadian academe as punishment for expressing certain views that run against the dominant leftist narrative.

Headline:

‘100% Transparent’: Jordan Peterson Says He Will Move To Broadcast Mandated [Social-media] Training

Dr. Jordan B. Peterson said that he will move to broadcast publicly the social media training he was ordered to undergo by a ​​psychologist governing body that targeted Peterson for criticizing transgender ideology, climate alarmism, and the Canadian government.

Peterson told Fox News host Jesse Watters on Thursday that he hoped to film or audio record all sessions of the court-upheld social media training. Last week, the Ontario Superior Court of Justice ruled that the College of Psychologists of Ontario could mandate Peterson to go through a so-called “specified continuing education or remedial program.”

“I’m going to do everything I can to make all of this as public as I possibly can,” he told Watters. “I have done that from the beginning. I released all the documents that included the charges, so to speak, that the college has levied against me. I want to make this 100% transparent and let the public decide for themselves who exactly is acting, let’s say, in an unprofessional capacity.”

What were Peterson's putative sins?

The College of Psychologists is not punishing Peterson for any interactions with patients; rather it is censuring, fining, and attempting to “reeducate” him for public comments he made, including on social media and during podcast appearances.

Some of Peterson’s supposed offenses, according to the College of Psychologists, included retweeting Conservative Party leader Pierre Poilievre’s criticism of Canadian Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, criticizing a former senior Trudeau aide, and expressing opposition to the idea of the Ottawa police taking custody of the children of Trucker Convoy protesters.

Other supposed offenses do not involve direct criticism of the Canadian government, such as Peterson saying on Joe Rogan’s podcast that accepting radical gender theory is a sign of “civilizations collapsing,” calling climate change models unreliable, and criticizing Sports Illustrated for putting a plus-sized swimsuit model on the cover.

Obviously, Peterson is sick and in dire need of help!

Sarcasm aside, I have to wonder whether Peterson will be allowed to broadcast the "training" he undergoes. I think we're going to see just how oppressive the state is. "100% transparency" is a nice ideal, but it scares the shit out of all the wrong swamp creatures.



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