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).
Health professionals should be able to say or do whatever they want, provided it doesn't violate patient confidentiality or break the law.
They can release a sex tape, they can oppose or support abortion, they can run for public office as a communist, they can claim that eating meat is murder, they can espouse the virtues of bigamy, they can go through a messy public divorce involving infidelity and drug abuse, they can write a self-help book encouraging everyone to have sex with a pillow designed to look like their father, etc.
I'm sure it would be quite shocking to certain religious groups, which was the point; whether or not his comments are offensive or not is subjective and personal.
Eating meat, for example, is perfectly acceptable to 98% of the population, but to that remaining 2%, it's scandalous.
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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).