Why is free speech so important, foundational in fact? According to Peterson “it's the thing that keeps the temperamental types from being at each other's throats”. Documentary - A Glitch in the Matrix (David Fuller production) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQCTeGKHsVc (He did an earlier one too, just before the Cathy Newman interview, which has some good material also: Truth in the Time of Chaos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EjqXXengN1s Notwithstanding Peterson's failings (he's a human, he certainly is not perfect, but who is?), his message (if it can be so reduced), evidenced by his popularity, is apparently (and I believe so) relevant to the zeitgeist of today, in a very "let's avoid a 20th Century style catastrophie" kind of way - do we really want to empower another Stalin or Pol Pot? Good luck fellow pepes, On Thu, Jul 05, 2018 at 12:09:18PM +1000, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 04:27:32PM +1100, Zenaan Harkness wrote:
“Free speech is not just another value. It's the foundation of Western civilization.”
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-37875695 Toronto professor Jordan Peterson takes on gender-neutral pronouns By Jessica Murphy BBC News, Toronto, 4 November 2016
Peterson speaks so clearly that just about anyone with the capacity to listen ought be able to hear.
Free speech is one of the 4 or 5 fundamental, essential, foundational liberties, and one can find it difficult to put forth a compelling position to those presently entrenched in their hate speech.
Peterson does so readily, and clearly - in the following from about 52:00.
Enjoy,
Jordan Peterson _ Full Address and Q&A _ Oxford Union https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UZMIbo_DxJk