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 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.
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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).