I didn't make this thread to say that Christians in particular are a victim of censorship, though I do think we are common targets, among many others. Free speech is fundamental to ALL of us, and to give a legal foothold to its loss is a serious threat. Peterson is a HERO to us
all for defending it.
I agree that there are many things that are more obviously, frighteningly wrong. Also the slaughter of abortion is an intrinsic evil. All three of these things matter, even though two of them (the slaughters we both mention) take less thought to arrive at the conclusion that they matter. But I know I need to limit the time of thinking on this to five minutes, so I will do that below. Peterson makes it a very succinct case for free speech in
the 27 min. video at the top of this thread, though. Very satisfyingly and frighteningly clear.
Thank you Kim for Exhibit A. This is EXACTLY what Peterson explained in the 27 minute clip above, the one you commented on without listening to. (It doesn't make for intelligent discussion when you don't read/listen to what you comment on.)
What you say here is an EXACT example of how we are being taught to think by universities, the media, and leftwing politics. We are not individuals. We are our tribal group. We don't have individual thoughts - so how can free speech be an issue?
(That is why you didn't listen to the video, right? Because it is about free speech - and how can
that matter?
)
We are NOT individuals, we are TRIBE MEMBERS. We are whites, blacks, gays, straights - and what we think is
what our tribe thinks.
(So you don't even have to ask! Just accuse! Because you already know!)
So we see here exactly how people can so easily accuse us, so boldly tell us what we think, what is in our minds, what is in our thoughts and what our motivations are. They look at us not as an individual, but a
tribe, so they can tell us what we think. You are white, so you think this. Etc.
It's very racist. And it's uncivilized, it's unkind, it's false, and it leads to resentment, to hate and to violence. That is what that kind of thinking does. I think we all know that after 2020, too.
As Peterson explains clearly in the video, at the top of this thread, that
very mindset you show us here, which is being foisted on us in our times, will be the rapid and violent ruin of our country.
[@FreelancePoliceman, here are some summarized points you asked for. Points briefly made. For anyone who wants more moderate, vs. brief, explanation, there is the clip at the top of this thread. for long explanations, see the whole videos].
Five minutes of points on this topic:
Why is it that the ideologues of our day won't consider the individual (so naturally, free speech doesn't matter):
2 minutes, 24 seconds: 18:01 -20:25
https://youtu.be/dOmJx8mTnm8?t=1081 (link is set to start at 18:01)
What you learn at university (and the media, and leftwing politics): The appalling view of tribal belonging, to the sacrifice of the individual.:
2 minutes 29 seconds! 17:06-18:35
https://youtu.be/UZMIbo_DxJk?t=1026 (link is set to start at 17:06)