Jordan Peterson learns that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences - eviltoast
  • AdmiralShat@programming.dev
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    1 year ago

    Copy and paste of another user’s comment:

    Good article?

    The comments that formed the basis of the complaints against Dr. Peterson included comments on a podcast in which he commented on air pollution and child deaths by saying “it’s just poor children…”

    This quote is the most disgusting out of context character assassination I’ve seen in a long time.

    I got suspicious because while Jordan does say things that women and/or trans people often find deplorable. I know that he’s a strong supporter of the poor (at least in rhetoric) and as a family man I assume of children as well.

    The full context can be found on Spotify. Episode #1769 of “The Joe Rogan Experience” start from about 15:30. He’s the one that brings up how 7 million poor children die from indoor particulate pollution. Joe doesn’t believe him and gets a fact check, which eventually leads to Jordan sarcastically saying “Well, it’s just poor children, and the world has too many people on it anyway…”

    It’s such an insane mischaracterization of what he said, you can’t take the article seriously. Probably would have to write off the entire website that article is from, honestly.

    • sndmn@lemmy.ca
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      1 year ago

      Behind the Bastards covered him if you want actual information instead of Joe Rogan.

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      6 months ago

      Thanks for clearing that up💯. it indeed is not Jordan’s character to say something negative about the worth of any person. i can only immagine that he would say something like that when he’s deliberately portraying the perspective of an evil mentality.

      i don’t get why you get 19 downvotes though…