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  • @scottmitchell1974
    @scottmitchell19745 күн бұрын

    Canada had no idea who they were unleashing. Thank you Dr. Peterson!!

  • @retsnomeikcooc

    @retsnomeikcooc

    5 күн бұрын

    We must also pick up our Cross and bear the burden, we also have played more than our fair share in the degeneration of ethics and morals. Jesus is Lord. ❤

  • @abramgaller2037

    @abramgaller2037

    5 күн бұрын

    I beg to differ, the woke leftists are aware of their evil intent.

  • @Corneliu-yu2mw

    @Corneliu-yu2mw

    5 күн бұрын

    🙏

  • @spindoctor6385

    @spindoctor6385

    5 күн бұрын

    Bill C16: Canada"s gift to the world.

  • @Anonymous.Wisper

    @Anonymous.Wisper

    3 күн бұрын

    ​@@spindoctor6385you are waaaay behind if that one has ",gone to far for you". I could name a dozen other laws that would keep you up at night. But if you want to see the future look at Calgary.....😮 Water rationing.... And soon fuel and food. Rationing or getting your own.. will and is illegal. 😮

  • @USMCM16A2
    @USMCM16A25 күн бұрын

    The Canadian government has lost its fucking mind.

  • @Anonymous.Wisper

    @Anonymous.Wisper

    3 күн бұрын

    You have to have something first to lose it

  • @ResoluteRonin

    @ResoluteRonin

    3 күн бұрын

    The absurdity that we have to argue for free speech over compelled speech just shows that we really do live on a planetary insane asylum. How did we get here? Allowing the egoic and insane to rule us?

  • @Ktranphoto

    @Ktranphoto

    Күн бұрын

    @@ResoluteRonin You can thank the Marxists

  • @ResoluteRonin

    @ResoluteRonin

    Күн бұрын

    @@Ktranphoto You can use whatever labels you like, it's all ego! Ego rules the world and will destroy it as well.

  • @andretokayuk8100

    @andretokayuk8100

    14 сағат бұрын

    They have the same crack dealer as Hunter Biden..

  • @ynwadpaggy8157
    @ynwadpaggy81575 күн бұрын

    Happy birthday Jordan B Peterson one of the greatest intellectual of our generation

  • @JasmineDaisy111

    @JasmineDaisy111

    5 күн бұрын

    He a Gemini!

  • @fredy000

    @fredy000

    5 күн бұрын

    @@JasmineDaisy111 and?

  • @progamer-df3be

    @progamer-df3be

    5 күн бұрын

    @@JasmineDaisy111so you are saying that thats a bad thing?

  • @robertbox7666
    @robertbox76665 күн бұрын

    Canadians are proving to be crazier than California

  • @douglaswilkinson5700

    @douglaswilkinson5700

    4 күн бұрын

    We gave them a chance to join us in our revolt against the tyranny of the English. They declined. Our Constitution forbids compelled speech. Their socialist healthcare system has real problems -- a year to get a colonoscopy, etc.

  • @Anonymous.Wisper

    @Anonymous.Wisper

    3 күн бұрын

    Not the citizens.. for most part

  • @Anonymous.Wisper

    @Anonymous.Wisper

    3 күн бұрын

    ​@@douglaswilkinson5700will thank you. After Americans when Canada asked Britain just said yeah.

  • @Anonymous.Wisper

    @Anonymous.Wisper

    3 күн бұрын

    W.e.f runs the nation. Sub contractor is china

  • @douglaswilkinson5700

    @douglaswilkinson5700

    3 күн бұрын

    @@Anonymous.Wisper *The citizens of Canada* voted in enough politicians to make compelled speech law -- I think -- because I don't know Canada's system that well.

  • @poetmaggie1
    @poetmaggie15 күн бұрын

    In my 80 years the words lost to sexual predators is extraordinary. And that is what we are witnessing, sexual predators stealing our language and harming our populations, especially the children and women.

  • @retsnomeikcooc

    @retsnomeikcooc

    5 күн бұрын

    My heart cries for the world. As a whole, you and I included, we have not only enabled this but have also participated in some form. It is imperative that all of us use what is left of our lives to walk back the damage, the damage that not only we have done but the damage everyone else has caused. The one true Christ is yearning for us to return…

  • @vanguardian2864

    @vanguardian2864

    5 күн бұрын

    And they will face consequences.

  • @alexarhipenko6017

    @alexarhipenko6017

    5 күн бұрын

    "words lost to sexual predators"? Could you please be more detailed? I am curious.

  • @z32luvr

    @z32luvr

    5 күн бұрын

    @@alexarhipenko6017worlds is what was meant

  • @Saunders64
    @Saunders645 күн бұрын

    Mr. Peterson, Stand Your Ground, Keep Standing and Pushing Against this Lunacy.

  • @Anonymous.Wisper

    @Anonymous.Wisper

    3 күн бұрын

    Courts would relate what you just said to the rewanda genocide. No joke..

  • @Anonymous.Wisper

    @Anonymous.Wisper

    3 күн бұрын

    Cost alot

  • @BrotherTree1
    @BrotherTree15 күн бұрын

    They messed with the wrong man.

  • @SShawn-ng5dy

    @SShawn-ng5dy

    5 күн бұрын

    *wrong continent lol

  • @Anonymous.Wisper

    @Anonymous.Wisper

    3 күн бұрын

    They are fighting against GOD.

  • @kellyevans3254
    @kellyevans32545 күн бұрын

    Our idiot politicians refused to listen to the well reasoned arguments of an actual expert on the subject. They were all too blinded by the prospect of the opportunity to wear the skin-suit of compassion. I’ve been following your work since 2018 Godspeed Dr Peterson.

  • @SShawn-ng5dy
    @SShawn-ng5dy5 күн бұрын

    B.I.G. Dr. Peterson is out here on the front lines fighting the good fight. God bless him for it!

  • @hardas81
    @hardas815 күн бұрын

    Dr. Peterson ON 🔥

  • @shadowfox8748
    @shadowfox87485 күн бұрын

    They made their worst enemies

  • @Fightdemon
    @Fightdemon5 күн бұрын

    Full support to mr Peterson, I'm afraid we're following the same dangerous path here in Spain

  • @OutWestRedDirt

    @OutWestRedDirt

    5 күн бұрын

    Dr

  • @Angelabout1
    @Angelabout15 күн бұрын

    Well said Mr. Peterson, and thank you! 👏👏

  • @suggesttwo
    @suggesttwo5 күн бұрын

    17:46 C16 puts the force of law behind gaslighting.

  • @Knuck_Knucks
    @Knuck_Knucks5 күн бұрын

    Will not comply. 🐿

  • @FMassi
    @FMassi5 күн бұрын

    Happy birthday Jordan! Thanks for the gift of your thoughts

  • @sheridansherr8974
    @sheridansherr89745 күн бұрын

    Thank you Dr Peterson for standing up against the newspeak and tyranny of madness! 💖💖💖👍👍👍

  • @suzannetaylor1556
    @suzannetaylor15565 күн бұрын

    No on C-16.

  • @shanehebert3237

    @shanehebert3237

    4 күн бұрын

    7 years too late.

  • @adilevnatimasheva4370
    @adilevnatimasheva43705 күн бұрын

    Brilliant Dr.Peterson is of couse correct in every statement .

  • @AFringedGentian
    @AFringedGentian5 күн бұрын

    I cannot help wondering if Dr. Peterson knew how bad it was going to get. I think he knew.

  • @annieinwonderland

    @annieinwonderland

    3 күн бұрын

    His post graduate research was on authoratian governments eg 30s Germany or Maios China he knows that's why he is fighting

  • @briant6164
    @briant61645 күн бұрын

    Thank you Dr Peterson. Down with Newspeak, down with Big Brother

  • @sheridansherr8974

    @sheridansherr8974

    5 күн бұрын

    Yes!! 👍💖

  • @RiffRock51
    @RiffRock515 күн бұрын

    JBP's gifts of intelligence and articulated speech on full display here as he demolishes this absurd bill and the pernicious ideology behind it. There is hope for Canada and other Western countries. Thank you JBP for being the voice of reason.

  • @stayinsculpted9602
    @stayinsculpted96024 күн бұрын

    Peterson is the logical, intelligent voice of reason. Can’t argue with that.

  • @redness8667
    @redness86675 күн бұрын

    Thank you for your speaking out Dr. Petetson. I'm so grateful you exposed yourself to the world.

  • @jackwood2950
    @jackwood29505 күн бұрын

    The man is very articulate

  • @slimdilly_
    @slimdilly_5 күн бұрын

    This video looks like it happened in 2007 when it was really just 7 years ago

  • @dooo0000
    @dooo00005 күн бұрын

    This country is cursed and trapped in a horrifying downward spiral 🌀 fortunately we still have some sane minds like Dr. Peterson

  • @mariomolnar3184
    @mariomolnar31845 күн бұрын

    They called him crazy, but now someone has literally been arested based on pronouns misuse.

  • @scribbler60

    @scribbler60

    5 күн бұрын

    No record (AFAIK) of anyone in Canada being arrested for using a wrong pronoun. It's a human rights violation, not a criminal act. It's lunacy, of course, compelling speech, but it's not criminal. Yet.

  • @Hornet1806

    @Hornet1806

    3 күн бұрын

    Who was arrested?

  • @scribbler60

    @scribbler60

    3 күн бұрын

    @@Hornet1806 Nobody's been arrested. Mis-pronouning someone, intentionally or otherwise, is not a criminal offence.

  • @Hornet1806

    @Hornet1806

    2 күн бұрын

    @@scribbler60 see comment by @mariomolnar3184

  • @Livetoeat171

    @Livetoeat171

    2 күн бұрын

    Someone here is lying. This did not happen.

  • @JasmineDaisy111
    @JasmineDaisy1115 күн бұрын

    Amazing argument. Happy Birthday JP!

  • @ExecutiveZombie
    @ExecutiveZombie5 күн бұрын

    Thank you Dr. JP! 🙏🏽

  • @knownaslatoya
    @knownaslatoya5 күн бұрын

    Lady: “What other sort of gender neutral pronouns are we discussing here…?” Jordan: “I have a very bad memory for that sort of thing…” ❤😂😂

  • @lrockbr

    @lrockbr

    3 күн бұрын

    in perfect line with his refusal to use them!

  • @pgk60
    @pgk605 күн бұрын

    The Canadian government is on cerebral vacation.

  • @user-yx9se1wl4j

    @user-yx9se1wl4j

    2 күн бұрын

    Lmmfao. But also in existential Horror....

  • @NorthernHDrider
    @NorthernHDrider5 күн бұрын

    Wow. Your words are amazing. To be infront of these folks to hear you must say they were probably blown away like myself. Great job. With you, Canada can change. To being a country i grew up this. Again, thank you.

  • @scribbler60

    @scribbler60

    5 күн бұрын

    Job #1 to fix Canada: Trudeau must go. Full stop. Job #2: repeal all compelled speech provisions. The list is almost endless, but it starts there.

  • @eliset6879
    @eliset68795 күн бұрын

    Happy birthday Jorden 🎉

  • @hermitcard4494
    @hermitcard44945 күн бұрын

    Up yours woke moralists!

  • @USMCM16A2
    @USMCM16A25 күн бұрын

    Don’t give an inch.

  • @user-ui5kl5sg5q
    @user-ui5kl5sg5q5 күн бұрын

    Years ago they tried implementing clear language laws. It all boiled down to the idea, the simpler the language the better. It was a notionally good idea at the time. Still lawyers obfuscated everything they touched. For me to exercise a self expression such as a verbal slur directed at an individual or group, violates some law. Who benefits from these language laws? No one living under these laws to be sure. At least it never benefited anyone in the eastern block under communism, or in China. Eight year olds shouldn't be allowed to write legislation let alone develop a societal language.

  • @benjaminhewett3184
    @benjaminhewett31843 күн бұрын

    You can’t legislate respect. When you force respect, you create resentment.

  • @Electric_Skunk
    @Electric_Skunk5 күн бұрын

    As someone who lives in Americas northeast, I can say this entire political movement has taken things from a personal area of choice, to a forced view the general public may be forced to have too or else. Enough, take your parades home where they belong. Just like your choice of sexual partner or your sexual identities interchangeability to those that think it should be interchangeable. Do what you want, but keep it to yourself.

  • @JeffMTX

    @JeffMTX

    2 күн бұрын

    They’re not listening… bless you in the fight. They’ll come for us. I’m not complying.

  • @m.vonhollen6673
    @m.vonhollen66734 күн бұрын

    Thanks to Jordan Peterson for standing up for our rights!

  • @NahuelTomasViking
    @NahuelTomasViking4 күн бұрын

    The way you talk Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is absolutely admirable in the most epic sense on Universe; How you cross your fingers when making a solid point, your direct look in the eye towards others criteria, being so ready under that context... Just wow... U r incredible Dr. 💖

  • @poetmaggie1
    @poetmaggie15 күн бұрын

    Waste of time and money for Mr Peterson, they really are not listening.

  • @JeffMTX

    @JeffMTX

    2 күн бұрын

    A man has a responsibility.

  • @Ibrian8888
    @Ibrian88885 күн бұрын

    It’s called gaslighting! 🙏🤗🍺cheers

  • @srs2388
    @srs23885 күн бұрын

    Such an intellectual man, owning them for his birthday. This is ridiculous, what next? Adjectives?

  • @billytheripper4

    @billytheripper4

    4 күн бұрын

    First they came for my pronouns and I said nothing, then they came for my adjectives so I described nothing 🥲

  • @srs2388

    @srs2388

    4 күн бұрын

    ​@@billytheripper4😂 I identify as rich. Where the hell is my money?

  • @billytheripper4

    @billytheripper4

    4 күн бұрын

    @@srs2388 your money identifies as no money

  • @user-ft3lh3kr9d
    @user-ft3lh3kr9d5 күн бұрын

    You have safe places to stay with me jordan

  • @shoa4566

    @shoa4566

    3 күн бұрын

    For now.

  • @RzGarage
    @RzGarage5 күн бұрын

    Jordan, you should be in politics

  • @yitzharos
    @yitzharos5 күн бұрын

    Bravo. A man who understands God's heart, and understands History.

  • @a.m.j.1
    @a.m.j.15 күн бұрын

    Totally bonkers that’s my clinical analysis.

  • @BeAlphaX
    @BeAlphaX5 күн бұрын

    Thank you Dr. Peterson...

  • @michaelcherokee8906
    @michaelcherokee89064 күн бұрын

    The faces those audience people are making are WILD.

  • @curtishawkins8052
    @curtishawkins805221 сағат бұрын

    This is what happens when you try to legislate the details of respect and "being nice." Respect is a cultural construct and not a legal matter.

  • @truthseeker8844
    @truthseeker88444 күн бұрын

    Glad to hear this with decent audio

  • @RAFIKI2029
    @RAFIKI20295 күн бұрын

    Baba Jordan, tuko na wewe!

  • @DoubleplusUngoodthinkful
    @DoubleplusUngoodthinkful4 күн бұрын

    Respect isn't about doing what other people demand that you do. Respect is showing good-will and acknowledgement of humanity to and of another person in the context of the culture of the person showing the respect. I was raised to show respect by talking civilly and addressing people politely, like "sir", "mister", "ma'am", "miss", and "mrs." If I use these salutations, I am showing respect. You do not have the option of calling me disrespectful for showing respect in the way I know and not the way YOU prefer. If you do so, then YOU are the disrespectful one.

  • @clifcody
    @clifcody4 күн бұрын

    Grateful for him speaking up

  • @spankscalhoun2388
    @spankscalhoun23884 күн бұрын

    thank you Doctor

  • @DWJT_Music
    @DWJT_MusicКүн бұрын

    Tower of Babel, Nebuchadnezzar, Sodom and Gomorrah. The parallels are unreal, seems like history does repeat itself.

  • @abovemotivationx
    @abovemotivationx4 күн бұрын

    Thank you for the knowledge that you impart Dr. Peterson, Personally Appreciated. Hope to meet you someday.

  • @timothyglassbrook4886
    @timothyglassbrook48864 күн бұрын

    Feel like Peterson and his associate gave a dozen reasons why the legislation was not a good idea, and the legislators only had the response of "but it's polite". Ridiculous

  • @FreeAlbertPike
    @FreeAlbertPike3 күн бұрын

    10:20 what an embarrassment to Canada

  • @clifcody
    @clifcody4 күн бұрын

    Thanks for sharing

  • @natquinn7750
    @natquinn77505 күн бұрын

    Happy Belated Birthday Dr Peterson.

  • @user-yx9se1wl4j
    @user-yx9se1wl4j2 күн бұрын

    You are Brilliant, and a Champion of Humanity. Weshould all be grateful for your Birth!!🎉

  • @Anton680x
    @Anton680xКүн бұрын

    Compelled speech is a form of authority over the individual in favor of the "group". That is understood.

  • @valentinobambino6728
    @valentinobambino67285 күн бұрын

    Back in the day I though Michael Jackson requested the media to refer to him as "the king of pop" every single time but then it turned out to be a lie and even the man himself disagreed with the idea.

  • @Whodidwhatthistime
    @Whodidwhatthistime5 күн бұрын

    They knew what they were doing with the seating arrangements

  • @misterdubity3073
    @misterdubity30734 күн бұрын

    Diana Moon Glampers. Her mother was a Moon. Her father was a Glampers.

  • @nomadicoasis9260
    @nomadicoasis92604 күн бұрын

    Bravo Jordan ! first for being capable of such coherent logical oration and Bravo for saying for the world to hear. some of us who hate politics need representation.

  • @rarebird_82
    @rarebird_824 күн бұрын

    JBP looked his best here 🔥

  • @nyrtzi
    @nyrtzi3 күн бұрын

    So what's the current situation in practice on the ground in Canada now?

  • @FYAjibber000
    @FYAjibber0005 күн бұрын

    If the provinces of Canada already had these laws then what is the point of the Federal government codifying it as well?

  • @The_real_Toddington

    @The_real_Toddington

    3 күн бұрын

    Right. It just had to he written in a way people would dismiss it or go over heads

  • @JeffMTX

    @JeffMTX

    2 күн бұрын

    To rub our noses in it. Standard Marxist practice

  • @milesrost6674
    @milesrost667414 сағат бұрын

    May written history recall Dr. Jordan Peterson as one of this times largest proponents of freed speech. "Stay Strong, Chase Excellence Brothers, not 304's or trends." - Godspeed

  • @jonjacksongrieger255
    @jonjacksongrieger2555 күн бұрын

    Brings me back to my first apartment, playing Halo on Legendary. Soon after, I made my longest short film (Velvet Night), rushed out a 2nd one, and decided to move to LA. Thanks:)

  • @robinmcgowan1336
    @robinmcgowan13362 күн бұрын

    Thank you JP, I am not playing that game either.

  • @Ms.coconut928
    @Ms.coconut9285 күн бұрын

    ❤❤❤

  • @clifcody
    @clifcody4 күн бұрын

    A true hero

  • @DimebagDarrenLowe
    @DimebagDarrenLowe3 күн бұрын

    He represents all my feels

  • @hansolex594
    @hansolex5945 күн бұрын

    ça fait froid dans le dos

  • @ResoluteRonin
    @ResoluteRonin3 күн бұрын

    The absurdity that we have to argue for free speech over compelled speech just shows that we really do live on a planetary insane asylum. How did we get here? Allowing the egoic and insane to rule us?

  • @ricardfrantz
    @ricardfrantz2 күн бұрын

    legendary day

  • @skumflum3768
    @skumflum37684 күн бұрын

    And there we go… 7 years later

  • @relishcakes4525
    @relishcakes452516 сағат бұрын

    Remember all the peopel who said "slippery slope" and "this can only end really fucking badly"?

  • @JustinMKral
    @JustinMKral3 күн бұрын

    Happy birthday

  • @rodjacksn
    @rodjacksn5 күн бұрын

    Oi😮!!! LUNCH-BUCKET😮!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY 🎂🎂🎂😊😊!!!!!!

  • @philipoosthuizen
    @philipoosthuizen4 күн бұрын

    People should vote this regime out.

  • @shoa4566

    @shoa4566

    3 күн бұрын

    You cannot remove something by voting that was not voted in.

  • @Ibrian8888
    @Ibrian88885 күн бұрын

    🤗🙏🍺cheers

  • @agingerbeard
    @agingerbeard20 сағат бұрын

    And C63 is an even worse nightmare

  • @giuseppeadriano1239
    @giuseppeadriano12395 күн бұрын

    👍👏💪👍👏💪👍👏💪👍👏💪

  • @antibull4869
    @antibull48693 күн бұрын

    Reminder to all new Peterson fans: This video was originally taken in 2016 (iirc). Canada recently passed new legislation (Bill C 36 i believe) that go even further than this. Canada is no longer a democracy that values free speech and anyone that *does* needs to leave already.

  • @sirpubert8728
    @sirpubert872818 сағат бұрын

    I think we need to make it a legal registry for the Identity in which you would like to go by.... one time change... and you get a cool little arm band that shows your flag on it...

  • @sirpubert8728

    @sirpubert8728

    18 сағат бұрын

    that you would be forced to wear at all times.... and if you are caught going by any other pronouns than that in which your flag and your legal registration goes by.... prison

  • @poetmaggie1
    @poetmaggie15 күн бұрын

    All the years I have had to put up with horrible, sexual language as well as insult to Our God and Savor, now I must bow down to more sexually insults which do not have to be face to face conflicts. These people are not interested in polite they are interested control. I knew a girl named Michael not Michelle, MICHAEL. And spelling is without an issue Terry, Teri, Jo, Joe, etc. names used by both sexes.

  • @JeffMTX

    @JeffMTX

    2 күн бұрын

    You don’t have to bow. Get your soul ready. It’s gonna be stalinist

  • @fourflusher6043
    @fourflusher60434 күн бұрын

    And Conservatives voted this in.

  • @HunterLeaderPro
    @HunterLeaderPro4 күн бұрын

    Did this happen recently?

  • @LoganGonzurk
    @LoganGonzurk3 күн бұрын

    I used to LOVE JPs university lectures. I think he is missing the advantage of one of his greatest talents: to relate and effectively communicate that empathy. He comes off as very holier than thou here, and I don’t think his impeccable logic will win anyone over. I think if he really wanted to change votes he’d do better to focus on convincing them…not convincing them he’s right (note the title to this video). Love ya JP, but to shift the tide, your approach has to be tailored towards those you disagree with, not those who already see eye to eye with you. Seems like this is a forever problem of both sides. And I get that this is probably an impossible crowd…but still.

  • @commonsense3026
    @commonsense302616 сағат бұрын

    Anyone else feeling like we are starting to live the movie Idiocracy?

  • @jffry24
    @jffry242 күн бұрын

    Are these people crazy? You gotta be kidding me blocking people up for speech.

  • @heikodatchi3715
    @heikodatchi37153 күн бұрын

    Why are the views so low for this video....a Scooby doo mystery

  • @DIPLOMATCENTER
    @DIPLOMATCENTER3 күн бұрын

    Peterson...easy on these guys🤣🤣

  • @j.cv.bmerwe6304
    @j.cv.bmerwe63043 күн бұрын

    The rode to hel is paived with goed intentions

  • @landrypierce9942

    @landrypierce9942

    2 күн бұрын

    They don’t have good intentions.

  • @martakadziolka7182
    @martakadziolka71823 күн бұрын

    Wow....PKD, the great God of Sci Fi, you predicted this, too. RIP and thank you for everything. Also, thank you Orwell, Huxley, and, last but not least, Joseph Konrad (aka Korzeniowski). I could go on through the ages, but as Marvin would say, why bother?