The controversial Canadian Psychologist and Professor known for conservative values and refusal to call members of the LGBTQ+ community must submit to a course of social media sensitivity training lest he face a tribunal which can revoke his licence to practice medicine in Toronto.
So we have an opinion piece based on Peterson’s online statements, which of course were designed for maximum engagement from his fans, and the College of Physicians of Ontario not giving this opinion writer additional information. And then we have two youtube videos …
Can we discuss how poor a basis for debate this is?
Given that the grift pays better than work I’m betting Peterson won’t mind losing his licence to practice medicine.
Bonus: It gives him something new to complain about while crying.
I notice how the sympathetic article won’t quote any of the “controversial” things Peterson wrote. That suggests to me that what he said must have been pretty bad.
Freedom of speech isn’t freedom from consequences. If Peterson said things which discredit his profession, he legitimately faces the possibility of losing his license to practice that profession.
Yes, exactly. If he made a tweet that, for example, questioned the existence of trans people, then this would demonstrate that he is incapable of doing his job as a therapist, and a licensing organization would be INSANE to tarnish their own name by lending him legitimacy. It would be like a structural engineer ranting on Twitter about how gravity doesn’t exist, it’s just a conspiracy by woke people who don’t like tall buildings.