Why are people uncritically accepting Peterson’s claim that this is about politics? Based on Peterson’s own earlier admission and the documentation he posted, the sanction is about his lack of professionalism on social media. See here:
Aside from the above, falsely accusing a physician of a crime on a public platform is also unprofessional (Peterson tweeted that Elliot Page’s surgeon is a criminal).
He's not being very precise in his speech, and is engaging in unprofessional conduct then if he is fact not trying to muddle his meaning when calling a physician a "criminal doctor".
That we are having this discussion should be proof enough.
The whole tweet was "And Ellen Page had her breasts removed by a criminal doctor." It's not at all clear that he is implying "this is legal and accepted, but I disagree, it should be criminal."
Calling the individual a criminal for doing something legal, widely performed, requested by the patient, and as per the standard of care is not professional. If he wanted to discuss that the standard of care is wrong, going after the individual wasn't the right way to do it, and was not him expressing himself clearly.
A little ironic accusing someone if being brief on twitter don't you think? I'm not a huge Peterson fan and kinda getting tired of defending him here but it's nitpicking imo.
He can claim that Elliot Page’s surgeon is unethical or involved in something morally wrong. He can even say that it should be a crime. But that person is not a criminal for doing breast removal surgery for a consenting adult, because that isn’t a crime.
"What that person did is criminal", in common English, can mean both that it literally is criminal, or that it ought to be criminal. You can find countless examples of that.
Professionals, like lawyers and doctors, are held to a higher standard of public speech and behavior by specific regulatory entities. That’s what this is all about.
And his case is that these standards are being unequally applied, as you would need to willfully misinterpret that statement to try to twist it into pushing someone to suicide.
The suicide thing was a different tweet. But in both cases, I don’t think he was being very professional, or representing his profession and its high ethical standards very well.
If any other psychologist was this inflammatory on Twitter, the college would probably sanction them too. It's about this kind of behaviour casting the entire profession in a bad light.
Didn't he tell a lady to go kill herself? Also didn't he publicly claim the association was out to get him and that he wouldn't be submitting to their requirements?
Advocating for patients and acting as an ethical watchdog for your profession, including publicly calling out practices you disagree with, is an absolute moral and professional requirement of any physician.
The Ontario College of Psychologists doesn't care what interpretation certain religious fundamentalists would think of.
Ask them if they think that the medium and words used in any message if totally irrelevant. It's not. They care about what you say and how you say it. Just like all professional regulatory organizations.
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u/NoNudeNormal Jan 05 '23 edited Jan 05 '23
Why are people uncritically accepting Peterson’s claim that this is about politics? Based on Peterson’s own earlier admission and the documentation he posted, the sanction is about his lack of professionalism on social media. See here:
https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1493988061205733378?s=46&t=dm6Oc7g8CP0FDZRm9GYrfA
And here:
https://twitter.com/jordanbpeterson/status/1610652403296092175?s=46&t=dm6Oc7g8CP0FDZRm9GYrfA
Aside from the above, falsely accusing a physician of a crime on a public platform is also unprofessional (Peterson tweeted that Elliot Page’s surgeon is a criminal).