The Silencing of Jordan Peterson
Dr. Jordan Peterson to me is a thinker, moralist and analyst, perhaps in a not too dissimilar vein to Chomsky and Chossudovsky. He is driven by his conscience and is brutal and emotional in self examination of his own behaviour. He is exceptional.
However in this ever more authoritarian world, where thinking and expression of independent thought is not only frowned upon but actively suppressed by Big Tech and so called Professional Bodies which licence individuals to enable them to Practice, Peterson has been told by the Ontario College of Physicians to undergo “re-education” for his so called “unprofessionalism” on social media.
Dr. Jordan Peterson has exposed a list of demands made by the Ontario College of Psychologists, which includes the threat of revoking his licence if the famous psychologist does not fulfill its “re-education” orders.
Of course, as is increasingly the norm in a world in which the globalists are trying to increase their authoritarian grip, no specific examples are indicated in which Peterson may have lacked “professionalism”. He is expected to accept either a Dr. Arika Abner or a Ms Siskind to act as his coach in his re-education.
Dr Peterson is expected to sign this absurd document…
Screenshots of the College’s demands
Peterson is even supposed to pay for the reeducation himself at a cost of $225 per hour.
The sheer brass neck and pomposity of the Ontario College of Physicians is hard to believe and it would be interesting to pinpoint an exact individual to take responsibility for these absurd dictatorial demands. It would also be interesting to see what guidelines the Ontario College has for social media usage.
Peterson tweeted “I have formally indicated my refusal to comply”
Countersignal have organised a Petition We, the undersigned, call on the Ontario College of Psychologists to rescind their unreasonable, undemocratic, and punitive decision to sentence Dr. Jordan Peterson to mandatory re-education. It is not a crime to criticize the Prime Minister of a democratic country. We further demand that the College formally apologize to Dr. Peterson for reputational damage done by publishing the erroneous sentence publicly. (If this petition reaches 25,000 signatures, we will physically mail it to the College office). [6]
Also see 2023 Jan 3 Countersignal Mike Campbell PETITION: Defend Dr. Jordan Peterson [2]
It is of course open to people to contact Ontario College of Psychologists by other means. Their twitter is https://twitter.com/CPOntario and other possible methods here…
Neeraja Deshpande of the Free Press makes a very pertinent point that not only would nobody expect Peterson to comply with this diktat, Peterson’s fame means he is insulated from the effects of any ban to Practice. Others are not. This is a warning to other Psychologists to self censor and shut up.
The college’s statement, then, is not a message to Peterson, but a message to other would-be dissenters: Comply with our politics, or risk losing your livelihood. See Will Jordan Peterson Lose his License for Wrongthink [7]
It is not an attempt to silence Jordan Peterson, it is an attempt to silence all Canadian psychologists…
Also she states that any dissent is portrayed as a mental illness- By referring Peterson to a therapist for daring to speak his mind, the College of Psychologists of Ontario has pathologized dissent. It has made political disagreement into an illness. [7]
To follow up links between the health disciplines like Psychology, MK Ultra and paedophilia and authoritarian control, also with connections to Ontario see this blog Luna Moth Blogspot The Pied Piper of Paedophilia [8]
Countersignal wrote about the Peterson situation… [1]
“I acknowledge that the Inquiries, Complaints, and Reports Committee (IRCC) of the College of Psychologists of Ontario (College) is concerned about the following aspects of my public statements contained in the Registrar’s Report dated May 17, 2022:
That I may have lacked professionalism in public statements on social media and during a January 25, 2022, podcast appearance.”
The College orders Peterson to attend a coaching program “to review, reflect on, and ameliorate my professionalism in public statements.”
Within six months of starting the program, a “Coach” would assess Peterson’s performance to determine whether he requires more time in re-education classes.
The letter does not specify what Peterson said to require re-education. Rather, the letter generally blames his “social media” posts and comments Peterson made on a four-hour episode of Joe Rogan’s podcast.
However, in a tweet on Tuesday, Peterson said the College is demanding he submit himself to mandatory social-media communication retraining for the “crimes” of retweeting federal Conservative leader Pierre Poilievre and criticizing Prime Minister Justin Trudeau and his allies.
Peterson said the College informed him of a dozen complaints against him from people all over the world, pertaining to things he’s written on Twitter and things he said on Rogan’s podcast.
According to the letter, the College is also requiring Peterson to pay for the re-education training.
“I am aware that if I do not comply with the terms set out in this Acknowledgment and Undertaking, this may result in an allegation of professional misconduct, and the College may take disciplinary action in this regard,” the letter stipulates.
Peterson’s history of refusing to comply with self-censorship stems back to his time at the University of Toronto.
In 2016, despite his then-employer’s attempts to silence him, Peterson refused to stop speaking about Bill C-16 because he took issue with its legal enforcement that people use certain words, specifically about gender.
The legislation added gender identity and gender orientation to the Canadian Human Rights Act, making it illegal to deny someone a job or discriminate against them in the workplace based on the gender they identify with or outwardly express.
Peterson said Bill C-16 would trample free speech and criminalize freedom of expression.
“These laws are the first laws that I’ve seen that require people under the threat of legal punishment to employ certain words, to speak a certain way, instead of merely limiting what they’re allowed to say,” he told The Toronto Sun at the time.
More recently, Peterson refused to delete a tweet that would have instantly restored his Twitter account. The tweet in question referred to transgender actor Elliot Page by Page’s former name, Ellen, and suggested Page’s breasts were removed “by a criminal physician.”
Peterson’s account was restored when Elon Musk bought Twitter.
Links
[1] 2023 Jan 4 Countersignal Mike Campbell Peterson releases list of demands from College of Psychologists https://thecountersignal.com/peterson-releases-list-of-demands-from-college-of-psychologists/
[2] 2023 Jan 3 Countersignal Mike Campbell PETITION: Defend Dr. Jordan Peterson https://thecountersignal.com/jordan-peterson-says-college-of-psychologists-threatening-him/
[3] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jordan_Peterson Jordan Bernt Peterson (born 12 June 1962) is a Canadian media personality, clinical psychologist, author, and professor emeritus at the University of Toronto. He began to receive widespread attention as a public intellectual in the late 2010s for his views on cultural and political issues, often described as conservative. Peterson has described himself as a classic British liberal and a traditionalist. [3]
[5] https://twitter.com/CPOntario
[6] Petition https://form.jotform.com/230036253112843
[7] Free Press Will Jordan Peterson Lose his License for Wrongthink
[8] Luna Moth Blogspot The Pied Piper of Paedophilia https://web.archive.org/web/20180728041419/http://lunamoth1.blogspot.com/2015/07/the-pied-piper-of-pedophilia.html