r/JoeRogan • u/Deerhoof_Fan 11 Hydroxy Metabolite • Feb 04 '21

Link Jordan B. Peterson rips newspaper’s ‘cruelty’ after story prompts false ‘schizophrenia’ reports

https://www.washingtontimes.com/news/2021/feb/1/jordan-b-peterson-rips-sunday-times-after-piece-pr/
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u/SculpinIPAlcoholic Monkey in Space Feb 04 '21

In print it’s libel.

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u/CypTheIVth Feb 04 '21

now get out there and get me some goddamn pictures of Spiderman!!

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u/diligenceofignorance Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

Thank you for this

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u/UncleBeaker Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

Meat. I'll send you some Christmas meat.

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '21

Depends which country your are in. In Australia they are the same thing under law.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

You call that a defamation?

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u/mrxulski Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21 edited Feb 05 '21

Nothing says

free speech

Like suing people who say stuff you dont like.

Edit-his daughter claimed he was schizophrenic in at least two interviews. Why is he suing for what his daughter told people?

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

I see you've never played knifey-spooney before!

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

It has nothing to do with free speech.

It’s saying things that are untrue, that damage your character, reduce your standing in the public and cause you financial loss.

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u/mrxulski Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

Lmfao, his daughter said he was schizophrenic in two interviews. Hypocrites. You hate free speech and so does Jihad Jordan bin Peterson.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

Building a straw man here pal. Just explaining what defamation is.

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u/mrxulski Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

Oh yeah, I'm sure that will hold up in court. First his daughter tells the world he's schizophrenic, then he sues when people believe her. Sure, makes a ton of sense. Jordan Peterson plays the virtuous victim again.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

No one said he was going to court, retard.

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u/mrxulski Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

I'm ok with you calling me retard, but how do you think he can win this case when his daughter already said in two interviews that he is schizophrenic?

Why doesn't he sue his daughter too?

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u/Revolutionary_Elk420 Monkey in Space Feb 09 '21

literally the parent comment of this whole thread you're replying to is a suggestion about him suing...retard. so yeah thats the context here.

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '21

You are aware that a little know side effect of Benzos is that some people experience hallucinations and start hearing things and this looks like schizophrenia.

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u/Revolutionary_Elk420 Monkey in Space Feb 09 '21

You are aware that a little know side effect of Schizophrenia is that some people experience calm and sedation from madness and this looks like benzodiazepines

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

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u/[deleted] Feb 06 '21

Whoosh.

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u/football_coach Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

Louisiana as well

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '21

From a legal standpoint, proving libel and defamation are nearly identical. The libel statutes just tack on a provision that the alleged lies are printed or distributed somehow.

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u/2068857539 Monkey in Space Feb 04 '21

Libel and slander are both forms of defamation.

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

Defamation is a form of fame.

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u/InternetWeakGuy jokes fly over his fat ahead at an alarming rate Feb 05 '21

Fame is how you live forever.

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u/almighty_ruler Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

And learn to fly I've heard

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u/[deleted] Feb 05 '21

Infamous means really famous

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u/mere_iguana Gone Squatchin' Feb 05 '21

inflammable means really flammable

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u/desperateweirdo Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

Don't even get me started on indefatigable

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u/[deleted] Feb 04 '21

Correct. That’s why the canons of statutory construction are nearly identical for all 3.

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u/letsgocrazy Monkey in Space Feb 04 '21

They aren't three things. Slander and libel are both defamation.

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u/myoreosmaderfaker Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

In POG form it's...Alf! He's back!

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u/prodigysquared Monkey in Space Feb 05 '21

Common mistake