The Problems with Regulating Hate Speech | Jordan Peterson

In this clip, Jordan Peterson follows through to the logical conclusion of hate speech regulation.

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Dr. Jordan Peterson:

[tonyharris]

Tolerance will reach such a level that intelligent people will be banned from thinking so as not to offend the imbeciles. ❤️✌️

[ZaneGreenSA]

As a kid we had a saying "Sticks and stones may break my bones but words can never harm me" - I'd love to hear Jordan unpack the psychology of people "being offended"

[williambyrne]

Exactly. No individual, institution, or government is in a position to define the definitively indefinite, private nature of "hate".

[ianmclaughlin]

Jordan Peterson is a brilliant man that speaks words of truth, I agree with him and worry not enough people will push back against those whom wish to cancel free speech.

[andersdottir]

Exactly- what one person denounced as ‘hate’ another says it’s common sense.

[boli]

"Pathologically naive"... I've never heard a more succinct and accurate description of Liberals. Jordan is a master communicator.

[tonyharris]

Free speech is a million times more important than the content of speech. ❤️✌️

[deeestuary]

The word hate has changed its meaning, and means different things to different people. It used to mean having a very strong dislike of somebody or something. Now if you make a mild negative comment it’s called hate, or if you say you like player A more than player B, then you are hating player B - apparently.

[nnikiforou]

My standard response to anyone who says to me "What you just did/said offends me" is:

"Why are you giving me so much power over you?"

[kat-]

The language of other people is important, if people get super offended, they should stay away from those people and not intereact. Freedom of speech is important, freedom of expression.

[saltburner]

Jordan thinks everything through to its conclusion - if only more people did we would not be in this mess.

[pamcornelius]

Spot on. Keep putting the truth out there!

[thesaneparty]

The problem with regulating hate speech is that some ideas and some people deserve to be hated, and the future of society depends upon people knowing why they deserve to be hated.

[peterpan]

Emotions cannot be legislated against.

[wanfu]

Just as you cannot tax your way to prosperity, you cannot legislate your way to morality.

[thanksfernuthin]

It's a excellent encapsulation of the issue. When I heard he "got" Cathy Newman when she said "Why should your right to free speech outweigh someone's right not to be offended." I immediately thought he was going to say "Since when does ANYONE have a RIGHT not to be offended?!!". He did get her with his logic but I was really disappointed. If there are people that think they have a right not to be offended they need to be humiliated immediately for all the reasons he just excellently pointed out.

[robertoguidone]

I agree. The more people you reach, the more people you offend. It's a numbers game. So, what to do? Do you not say anything? Most people will not say or do something because they can't bear being judged by others.

[thel]

They don't think that nobody should be offended. They think that some people should never be offended and it's open season on other people.

[microy]

in the 60-70's we all had "Pet" names for all the various ethnic group including my own. no one ever took it too seriously and freely mixed. Was the era of peace and love man...

[OhBeNice]

This is happening in Ireland now. And this nonsense is becoming so very prevalent in so many western countries. Scary times.