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Court rules against Dr. Jordan Peterson, upholds regulatory group's requirement that he undergo 're-education' for expressing his opinions online: 'I will let the world know'
The Blaze ^ | 08/23/2023 | Joseph MacKinnon

Posted on 08/24/2023 5:28:53 AM PDT by DFG

A governing body for psychologists in Canada ordered Dr. Jordan Peterson to undergo re-education training after complete strangers took issue with views he had expressed online.

He fought back, but a Canadian court just upheld the regulator's order.

What's the background?

Peterson was previously in good standing with the College of Psychologists of Ontario and had no public record of any complaints. However, he made the mistake of angering strangers online with opinions at odds with leftist speech codes and dogmas.

TheBlaze previously reported that individuals whom Peterson indicated were neither clients nor familiar with his clients complained to the CPO, which then launched an investigation into the cultural commentator.

The CPO's inquiries, complaints, and reports committee concluded in November 2022 that the doctor's comments were "degrading, demeaning and unprofessional," adding that his conduct "poses moderate risks to the public" and runs the risk of "undermining public trust in the profession of psychology, and trust in the college's ability to regulate the profession in the public interest."

(Excerpt) Read more at theblaze.com ...


TOPICS: Politics
KEYWORDS: canada; freespeech; jordanpeterson; peterson; psychologist; speechcode
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1 posted on 08/24/2023 5:28:53 AM PDT by DFG
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To: DFG

he has consistently said

he will not comply


2 posted on 08/24/2023 5:33:41 AM PDT by joshua c (to disrupt the system, we must disrupt our lives, cut the cable tv)
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To: DFG

Below is a Russian joke from the Soviet era. I guess it’s now applicable to Canada, too. And maybe to the United States as well.

Foreign reporter: What is your opinion on farm collectivization?
Soviet citizen: I agree with the policy of the party.

Foreign reporter: What is your opinion on the steel production goals?
Soviet citizen: I agree with the policy of the party.

Foreign reporter: What is your opinion on the increase in food prices?
Soviet citizen: I agree with the policy of the party.

Foreign reporter: Don’t you have any opinions of your own?
Soviet citizen: Yes. But I don’t agree with them.


3 posted on 08/24/2023 5:34:12 AM PDT by Leaning Right (The steal is real. )
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To: DFG

Straight out of Atlas Shrugged. The entire world is going Soviet.


4 posted on 08/24/2023 5:36:49 AM PDT by hopespringseternal
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To: hopespringseternal

The entire world is going Communist.


5 posted on 08/24/2023 5:40:22 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: nuconvert

Now they are going after your thoughts.


6 posted on 08/24/2023 5:42:26 AM PDT by sauropod (I will stand for truth even if I stand alone.)
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To: DFG

The lefties keep pushing and pushing in every way possible, and there is no effective force against it.


7 posted on 08/24/2023 5:44:45 AM PDT by Fido969 (45 is Superman! R )
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To: sauropod

Thought police.
Trudeau has really destroyed Canada. It’s a different country now than before he was ever elected. I don’t know if they can ever get the country back.


8 posted on 08/24/2023 5:46:10 AM PDT by nuconvert ( Warning: Accused of being a radical militarist. Approach with caution.)
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To: DFG
The court determined that he was not being sent to reeduction camp because of what he said, but the unprofessioanl way he said it. The Court is a ass. Suppression of free speach can take all sorts of forms, like being sent to reeducation camp.

Candada has gone full Moaist. So much for constitutional monarchy under Charles III.

9 posted on 08/24/2023 5:50:56 AM PDT by AndyJackson
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To: joshua c

Indeed, Peterson has said he will not comply with any anti-free-speech laws, and its been a constant theme since he became famous with his opposition to Canadian Government “gender pronoun” bill C-16 in 2017, and its equivalent requirement at University of Toronto where he was a professor.

It will be very interesting to watch how this plays out - because its he’s been in training for this moment for the past 6 years.


10 posted on 08/24/2023 5:51:09 AM PDT by PGR88
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To: Fido969

Why not? The leftists seem to think that they will gain absolute power and will always keep it once they get it. But if you train people in the ways of savagery, that savagery may get turned on you subsequently.


11 posted on 08/24/2023 5:51:38 AM PDT by 17th Miss Regt ( )
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To: nuconvert

It is very sad. Trudeau has frogmarch the Country to irrational authoritarianism informmed by Trudeau’s whim. The Country is almost unrecognizable.


12 posted on 08/24/2023 5:52:44 AM PDT by JayGalt
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To: DFG

Sounds like Communist China , will they harvest his Organs next


13 posted on 08/24/2023 5:53:44 AM PDT by butlerweave
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To: 17th Miss Regt

The left, like Islam, believe their ideology is inevitable. They ca not accept that they could be wrong.


14 posted on 08/24/2023 5:55:10 AM PDT by Fai Mao (Starve the beast and steal its food!)
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To: Leaning Right

Excellent

Notice that Canada is just as repressive as the old stereotypes still spouted about the communists of the former Soviet Union


15 posted on 08/24/2023 5:58:28 AM PDT by silverleaf (Inside Every Progressive Is A Totalitarian Screaming To Get Out” —David Horowitz)
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To: DFG

“..runs the risk of “undermining public trust in the profession of psychology,... “

Sorry, dudes and dudettes of the committee, your ruling made me distrust the profession more. Dr. Peterson was on his way to restoring my trust before you blew it.

EC


16 posted on 08/24/2023 5:59:58 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: DFG

“..runs the risk of “undermining public trust in the profession of psychology,... “

Sorry, dudes and dudettes of the committee, your ruling made me distrust the profession more. Dr. Peterson was on his way to restoring my trust before you blew it.

EC


17 posted on 08/24/2023 5:59:58 AM PDT by Ex-Con777
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To: butlerweave
"will they harvest his Organs next"

They will have to burn his brain. The authorities can't risk what might spread if exposed to it...

18 posted on 08/24/2023 6:04:40 AM PDT by Hatteras
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To: Fido969

“there is no effective force against it”

If people would rather be slaves than consider the possibility that they might be wrong about the existence of God, what are you gonna do?

Some people gotta learn everything the hard way.


19 posted on 08/24/2023 6:09:13 AM PDT by Boogieman
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To: DFG

Straight out of the communist playbook.


20 posted on 08/24/2023 6:13:09 AM PDT by marktwain
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