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BBC Question Time 8/11/2018 Jordan Peterson

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Post by Guest Sat Nov 10, 2018 8:14 am



Goes into Brexit, knife crime, free speech

I really think Diane Abbot may have Parkinsons?

Did anyone else notice how bad was her hand was shaking at times?

Hope that is not true of course, just concerned if this is the case.

Popular Psychology Professor Jordan Peterson is not everyone’s cup of tea but he had a number of interesting points to make on Question Time last night, particularly on the dangers of criminalising speech and the inextricably related problem of who actually defines what “hate speech” is. A nuanced approach all too rarely seen in this era of no-platforming and trial by Twitter…

As Peterson puts it: “the criminalisation of what hypothetically constitutes offensive speech is going to be a cure that is so much worse than the disease that we can hardly imagine it.” Food for thought…

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