DailyWire+ addition Jordan Peterson issued a scathing review of Twitter following the social media platform banning him this week. They locked Peterson’s account after he posted his thoughts on transgender actress Elliot Page.
The following from dailywire.com.
A few days ago, I penned an irritated tweet in response to one of the latest happenings on the increasingly heated culture war front in response to the decision of an actress (actor) named Ellen (Elliot) Page.
I am employing this awkward and impossible multiple-naming style because it is now apparently mandatory—and probably doing it wrong, nonetheless, as “you’re doing it wrong” is the whole point of what has been made mandatory—but also to make a point.
Next, the Canadian clinical psychologist went over what the tweet said and what he believes the violation may have been, despite Twitter never specifying which part of the rules he violated.
The original tweet stated:
Remember when pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.
Twitter’s explanation said Peterson violated the rules against “hateful conduct,” an accusation that he vehemently denies.
Peterson said in reply:
I did not promote violence against or threaten anyone.
I don’t regard pride as a virtue. It has been classically regarded as a sin.
Next, Peterson posited that he was banned for deadnaming the “Juno” alum by calling Elliot “Ellen,” or by using the pronoun “her” when the star had since transitioned to using “he/him.”
How could those I’m writing to make sense of what I was saying if it was his breasts that were removed? Were those male breasts or female breasts that were removed?
Finally, Peterson said:
Page may be an adult capable of making decisions as he/she sees fit, but that as a celebrity, there is some level of responsibility to fans as well.
Peterson said, before pointing out that transgender surgeries and drugs are part of a $300 million industry that’s growing at a rapid pace:
Elliot has undoubtedly with his/her/their so-called courage… enticed many a poor, confused adolescent—girl, most likely—to blame her emergent pubescent self-consciousness, confusion, and discomfort on being born in the wrong body and believing that the courageous, self-affirming, and moral admirable route is hormonal treatment, sterilization, subjugation to a lifetime of expensive medical complications, and misery.
In conclusion, Peterson insisted he’s not deleting the tweet.
The DailyWire+ contributor said:
Up yours, woke moralists. I regard [being banned] under the present conditions as a badge of honor.
The following from dailywire.com.
In case you have not been following this confusion, the initial article was in part as follows:
I have essentially been banned from Twitter. I say banned, although technically I have been suspended. But the suspension will not be lifted unless I delete the “hateful” tweet in question, and I would rather die than do that. And hopefully it will not come to that, although who the hell knows in these increasingly strange days?
What was it that I said that caused such a fuss? And, even more importantly, and complexly, what exactly was it that I said that resulted in the ban? Here is the tweet in question:
Remember when Pride was a sin? And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician.
First, it is clearly the case that I did not “promote violence against” or “threaten” anyone with my missive. So that leaves the arguably lesser sin of “harass.” Let’s assume that was the crime, and, further, harassment on the basis of “gender identity.”
Since Twitter did not do me the favor of actually specifying my crime, we unfortunately have to guess at why this has occurred—and that’s actually a big problem in and of itself, and also indicative of the utter carelessness of the Twitter organization with regard to the propriety of its own censorial actions. I should at least know exactly what I did wrong if I am required to “acknowledge that” my “Tweet violated the Twitter Rules.”
Now, let’s stop this craziness, please.
Suffice to say, one prominent Canadian clinical psychologist has chosen to speak out against the horrors of trans-sexualization, gender mutilation, grooming, and confusing adolescents rather than seeking to comfort and encourage confused youth about the positives of self acceptance.
The Obama “transformation” of Our once-great Nation is performing a severe dis-service to We the People.
Could any one of us have imagined communism is this destructive, this painful, this life devastating?
The answer is unequivocally, YES !!!
