Winston Marshall

Does Jordan Peterson need to be re-educated?

Jordan Peterson in 2018 (TT News Agency / Alamy)

Dr Jordan Peterson, the renowned clinical psychologist, is being ordered off to re-education camp. The regulatory board in his Canadian home province – the College of Psychologists of Ontario – has demanded Peterson undertake a social media ‘coaching program’. All for the very 21st century crime of tweeting the wrong opinions.

What exactly were the tweets? Peterson, a professor turned multi-million copy best-selling author, has amassed an unprecedented following in the history of psychology. He hosts one of the world’s leading podcasts, has sold millions of tickets to live talks and has over 15 million followers across social media.

With an unerring personal commitment to speak his mind on cultural and political issues, often in contradiction to dominant progressive groupthink, he’s courted a lot of criticism.

Peterson’s academic career was stellar at both Harvard and the University of Toronto

There’s no denying the professor can be quite the pugilist. Defending the Canadian trucker convoy, he tweeted at Justin Trudeau, the country’s prime minister, that he was a ‘puppet’.

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