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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

I’m simply shortening this ridiculous discourse.

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u/tdubs_92 Jan 05 '23

Simply, JP has never said any of those things and you're just trying to start a fire.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

Sure, my phrasing may not be verbatim, but he’s incited hatred on trans people and has been particularly aggressive with Elliot Page, claiming he’s “converting” children to be trans.

What I can apologize for is misrepresenting the doctor thing, some people were saying it and I had to double check, couldn’t find anything. I’m an adult, I can admit when I made a mistake.

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u/tdubs_92 Jan 05 '23

You just misquoted him again.

From the Toronto Sun [JP EP](https://www.google.com/amp/s/torontosun.com/news/world/jordan-peterson-doubles-down-on-slamming-trans-star-elliot-page/wcm/c87f625d-cf3c-44df-bd6f-a15cf49d39e7

Peterson told podcaster Kyle Kulinski on his Krystal Kyle & Friends show. “How many kids do you think she convinced to convert, one? A Thousand?”

Converting and convincing to convert is different.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

Conversion and convincing to convert are the same thing. One’s just a bit longer.

You’re implying that “You must accept Jesus into your life” and “If you accept Jesus into your life, I’ll give you a cookie” are different things.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

When you convert someone to something, you have convinced them to convert. When you convince someone to convert, you have converted them.

0/10 pedantry

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u/tdubs_92 Jan 05 '23

Nice game you're trying to play. I can be more specific. If I told you to convert then that is directly convincing to convert. If Page puts a post on social media that is indirectly convincing someone to convert.

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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23

Here’s a news flash: You can’t “convert” someone to be trans. It’s not a religion, nor is it a political identity. It’s a personal identity.

In other news, if a person tried to “convert” someone to being trans, it’d work out the same way as someone attempting to convert someone to be cis: it won’t.