Dr. Oren Amitay
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For those aware of my efforts to help people & improve society, please understand that my tone during discussions reflects the engagement style of the other person.
It takes a "special" kind of person to *not* receive my typical demeanour/approach.
With that in mind:
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The saddest fact is that the people in all of these videos who are acting in the most hateful, irrational, immature, ignorant, unintelligent, arrogant & fascistic manner — while accusing Chris/James/Peter of being the ignorant, bigoted, hateful fascists — are NOT anomalies.
The man on the bike at
@Portland_State
who tried to disrupt our conversations all day, and intimidate women, can’t even tell us what it means for him to be trans.
This is when he first arrived. He’s shaking all over. Doesn’t know a thing about puberty blockers. Can’t answer the
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I disagree w/
@benshapiro
on many issues but tell my studnts to model themslvs aftr him for his intelligence, integrity, decorum, consistency
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For anyone who has read my extensive tweets and *still* inexplicably does not understand my concerns abt
#Trans
ideology and “activists”—which suggests you are unintelligent, ignorant and/or blinded by a hateful and/or self-serving ideology/agenda—let me draw some parallels 1/x
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Suppression of research in academia due to fear of online backlash: .
@jordanbpeterson
.
@GadSaad
.
@JonHaidt
.
@BretWeinstein
.
@EricRWeinstein
.
@joerogan
.
@SamHarrisOrg
.
@RubinReport
.
@HdxAcademy
.
@JamesCantorPhD
.
@BlanchardPhD
.
@AliceDreger
.
@DrDebraSoh
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For those worried about our future in the west, please listen to
#DaveRubin
speak about the
#IntellectualDarkWeb
for inspiration and hope: .
@joerogan
.
@benshapiro
.
@BretWeinstein
.
@EricRWeinstein
.
@SamHarrisOrg
.
@CHSommers
.
@RubinReport
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Surgery was a success but I will write later. Extremely tired.
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@PatriotLov
@AurelianofRome
@jordanbpeterson
@stillgray
@99freemind
@amazingatheist
@RickRMehta
@FBMCanada
@HoneyBadgerBite
@CHSommers
@NewWorldHominin
@shoe0nhead
As I've said, I've seen the curriculum for Teacher's College and they are actually teaching
#SocialJustice
in Phys Ed!!!
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This magnificent beauty passed away yesterday. He was only 17. We bonded immediately the first time we met and he always grounded me during periods of turbulence. The world is a little less wonderful today...😥😥
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Put myself at great risk simply for calling for better/safer/more honest evidence-based practices to life-changing phenomena. How much clearer can I be? 13/13
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One more video for the
@jordanbpeterson
haters to watch to see that their impressions of him are so wrong
@Joerogan
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@Debbie_abrahams
@Channel4News
@cathynewman
Thank you! I was waiting to see if anyone would try to spin the interview against
@jordanbpeterson
. It is very telling that you chose not to tag Dr. Peterson. Please re-watch the video without filtering/distorting it through your extremely biased lens as Ms. Newman tried to do.
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I've been taking care of business before my open heart surgery tmrw. I am grateful for any prayers or positive vibes/wishes you may wish to send at 12pmEST. If any local ppl want to come see me, plz text and I'll let you know when to come. This may be my last message for a while.
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*Extreme*
#Trans
activists or others who blindly follow ideology, plz watch story of the mother of an
#autistic
child who suddenly proclaimed they were
#transgender
and was then pushed by a "professional" therapist to transition:
@ONPsych
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As usual
@DrDebraSoh
gets story/point right:
@jordanbpeterson
@GadSaad
@FaithGoldy
@FreeAdvocate
@ONPsych
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For those of you who have not seen
@MLaidlawMD
's very important critique of the
#Trans
ideology/agenda promoting book/program, "
#IamJazz
," please check this out: It should be required reading for all parents, therapists and educators.
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@drjedles
@MLaidlawMD
@4th_WaveNow
@jonkay
@MavenOfMayhem
For what it's worth, I have shared your story with my colleagues in the
@ONPsych
(please see pic). I have been fighting for some "sanity" to combat the "
#Trans
madness" that continues to spread, but most of my colleagues are too afraid or (willfully) ignorant to do anything.
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I would never had been able to have such an incredible experience being able to share the stage with the two titans in the fight for
#FreeSpeech
&
#CriticalThinking
--
@GadSaad
@jordanbpeterson
--without the tireless/fearless work of Ms. Sarina Singh, aka
@FreeAdvocate
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@BevHillsAntifa
I don't know if I've ever seen something that reaches such heights of hilarity, sadness and disgusting all at once.
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and whenever we see something that could potentially cause harm, we are obliged to do something about it. I think my series of videos has made it abundantly clear that we need to question how
#Trans
“activists” have so quickly managed to cause such dramatic changes in the way 4/x
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@4th_WaveNow
Put aside your biases, prejudices, wishes, fantasies or whatever else you need to put away and look at that number. How can *anyone* deny that this is a result of social contagion, when the number/percentage of such girls was far, far, far lower only a few years ago?
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discussion w/the aforementioned therapists, families &
#Trans
ppl who provide a very different narrative than what is presented by the “activists”? *That* is why I have spoken out on these issues: it is my ethical duty to do so, even though I derive no benefit and instead 12/x
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@KentIverson
@jacobcrawfordYU
@GadSaad
@jordanbpeterson
I will look into
@__seetee
's other libelous comments against me tonight (plz see pix).
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kids? I believe they can. But I have yet to see one
#Trans
“activist” give an honest and helpful answer to the question of “How do we ensure that (virtually) no child be harmed by your recommendations, given that you are in fact pushing kids in a certain direction once you 8/x
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w/an open & honest mind—which excludes many psychologists, doctors, therapists, school officials, politicians & policy makers—has seen dishonesty/deception/misleading narratives from the relevant parties; these same parties have been entirely dishonest or at least disingenuous6/x
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For those keeping score at home, I was released from hospital earlier today. Thank you to everyone for all your support this past week. I still need to take many meds and check my blood frequently due to the Warfarin (blood thinner) for the next few months at least, and they 1/x
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tell you something. You should also ask yourself why so many (mental) health “professionals” and other ppl charged w/ensuring kids’ wellbeing are oblivious to or desperately avoiding the realities of what I have stated here. Why are they so unwilling to have an *honest* 11/x
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‘affirm’ their cross-sex identity?” Seriously, have you ever seen one
#Trans
activist deal w/such a question honestly? They all claim that WPATH has certain protocols in place, but that claim falls apart when you speak with those who have actually gone through this process. 9/x
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that might help explain: If I were an MD and I knew the sugar lobby was lying abt cholesterol, I would be exposing this far and wide. I would do the same if the APA was pushing conversion therapy for gays and I could show it is harmful to them (this was before my time but I 2/x
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A story I RTed the other day is getting wide coverage: . For all those who thought that
@jordanbpeterson
@LitigationGuy
@GadSaad
& others were exaggerating re. Bill C16, please watch.
@joerogan
@Timcast
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Oy,
@BrownUniversity
, is there a *valid* reason you cowardly removed reference to
@LisaLllittman
's seminal paper on
#ROGD
? One more university crossed off the list for any of my children.
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wrt (potential) harm being caused to kids/adolescents/families due to recklessly promoting agendas and ideologies that serve the egos and/or other personal, professional or social needs of
#Trans
“activists” & “allies.” Can some of their recommendations potentially help *some*7/x
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we conceptualize and treat/work with (supposedly)
#Trans
or GNC issues in kids and adolescents; these issues manifest in many ways in the clinical field but also as they pertain to school, child welfare services and other such contexts. Anyone who has looked into these issues 5/x
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Has .
@joerogan
@benshapiro
or
@scrowder
covered the story of this heroic
#Trans
athlete,
@HannahMouncey
? Even more heroic are the sanctioning bodies that allow...or force...women to be subjected to such avoidable dangers.🙄🙄🙄
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@DewiSilures
@NewWorldHominin
@BarbaraRKay
@jonkay
@jordanbpeterson
@JB_Goldstein
@DMillardHaskell
What the....?! This is so wrong! Will someone step forward to help out
@RickRMehta
?!
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do talk about such things in my classes). More recently, before the DSM-5 came out, I gave many MSM interviews highlighting the concerning process and some of the proposed (potentially) problematic disorders. The point is, psychologists have an ethical duty to serve society 3/x
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Wow. Longtime "friend" Prof. Rebecca Kukla defriended me after trying to discuss
@ProfKellyOliver
's important piece:
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And the
#Trans
madness continues:
“WOMEN who identify as male are not being offered vital routine breast screenings and cervical cancer checks in case it offends them. But men identifying as women will be invited for cervical smear tests..."
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And when you raise these things w/
#Trans
“activists/allies,” they all give it short shrift or outright deny it or do their infamous sleight of hand and focus on the kids who may benefit; again, they do so at the cost of many kids who are harmed by bad practices. That should 10/x
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@atRachelGilmore
I ask this in good faith: Can you acknowledge that "the left" has become extremely intolerant of anyone not in their "tribe(s)" -- and then project their intolerance onto others by e.g., claiming to be protecting marginalized ppl from "evil" forces such as "far-right extremists"?
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Plz excuse this moment of indulgence. If you choose to read it, please do not complain or make assumptions abt my motives for writing the two attached documents. And, as I have said several times, thank you to everyone for your support; it means more than you can imagine.🙏🏻🙏🏻
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Please tell me this is a parody...Please? If not, the next step will be to try to "shame" women for daring to continue to call it *breast* feeding.
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Please look into this or spread the word widely to those who can do so. .
@joerogan
@BarbaraRKay
@JamesCantorPhD
@MLaidlawMD
@DrDebraSoh
@benshapiro
@jordanbpeterson
@NewWorldHominin
@RubinReport
@BretWeinstein
@HeatherEHeying
@HdxAcademy
@michaelshermer
@Timcast
@PhillyD
@ONPsych
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Cops called on mom for questioning treatment model for
#trans
teen daughter: Isn't it interesting how those who call for the most tolerance are often the most INtolerant?
@GadSaad
@benshapiro
@RubinReport
@joerogan
@joe_warmington
@jonkay
@BarbaraRKay
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Kudos to .
@BillboardChris
.
@peterboghossian
.
@realJamesKlug
for producing this video
Compare how they/everyone who agree w/their position comport themselves versus those who oppose them. Who do *you* think has the best argument and higher moral ground?
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I hope everyone can attend this very important event on 07/18/18 re
#BillC16
, organized by the same
#FreeSpeech
advocate who also organized Canada's largest free speech event on 11/11/17 w/.
@jordanbpeterson
.
@GadSaad
& me
@FreeAdvocate
@BarbaraRKay
@NewWorldHominin
@LitigationGuy
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On this week's episode of
@awakepod
, we discuss Dilbert Creator .
@ScottAdamsSays
' depiction of
#DEI
as "self-harm": .
As always, we approach such issues through the lens of Critical Thinking, proactive perspectives and compassion/empathy.
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Final thought of night before I log off (lots of sex to teach in few hours):
#MalignantNarcissists
are infamous for deflecting, projecting & avoiding any responsibility for their own/words actions as they
#gaslight
their victims w/no compunction. Who else does that constantly?🤔
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This is something I and others have been saying for a while, but
@QuilletteM
, as always, captures the sentiments so well:
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.
@jordanbpeterson
does a great job of maintaining a civil tone & not allowing Philip Dodd to get away w/his multiple efforts to "bully" him, to cut him off, to distort his positions, to drag him away from his arguments, to succumb to Dodd's BS claims, etc
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For those who wish to pretend there are no biological/genetic differences between the sexes, please ignore this: .
@joerogan
@GadSaad
@DrDebraSoh
@jordanbpeterson
@BretWeinstein
@HeatherEHeying
@benshapiro
@QuilletteM
@clairlemon
@AreoMagazine
@HdxAcademy
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Just finished my lecture from the hospital bed. It went pretty well! I was able to incorporate the views of some of the experts w/whom I’ve spoken re.
#Kinsey
. Bad news is that I am here until at least Monday because my heart is still acting up.
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@jrross614
@AlexpiersonAMP
@AM900CHML
@AM980News
@am640
Yup. I made sure to mention that
@kathleen_wynne
and
@justintrudeau
have been complicit in helping to severely harm the psychological & physical wellbeing of so many children/adolescents/young adults.
@JamesCantorPhD
@BlanchardPhD
@DrDebraSoh
@barbararkay
@ZUCKERKJ
@GadSaad
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We can always count on
@DrDebraSoh
to get it right:
#FreeSpeech
#CriticalThinking
@GadSaad
@jordanbpeterson
@freeadvocate
@ONPsych
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Really,
@drewfoundland
? You write a scathing attack on
@jordanbpeterson
without actually challenging anything he has said, and expect a reference to
@TabathaSouthey
's horribly immature dribble to suffice? Grow up.
@VICE
used to have value. What happened? (Rest of piece was okay.)
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@Ginella_M
Did you ask
@jordanbpeterson
@GadSaad
@FaithGoldy
@FreeAdvocate
(organizer of cancelled
#FreeSpeech
Talk) or me if we are fascists?
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@RonaldDPotts1
@TriciaFrasman
Yes, I've read this article several times. As with all such papers, it a) conflates DSD with being
#Trans
and b) it treats *anomalies* as "a spectrum." Also, nothing in the article compels me to believe that biological men can become "real women." If you want to say there may 1/x
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@tarahaelle
I am not anonymous & am not
#Transphobic
--and neither is
@JamesCantorPhD
. Plz read his cogent dismantling () of
@AmerAcadPeds
highly misleading policy statement you so vigorously defend while denigrating concerned parents
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I am back from my ban. Obviously, I can't check the 1000s of tweets posted in my absence. During that time, I had yet another issue w/
@ONPsych
, including being lied abt, defamed & gaslit by a "colleague." Sadly, this person is part of a larger group of psychologists who are 1/
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I am so glad .
@jordanbpeterson
stood his ground w/.
@MichaelEDyson
and differentiated between being "hurt" (or "anxious") and appalled: . This kind of repulsive sleight of hand/distortion of reality committed frequently by
#SJWs
/"the left" needs to stop.
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@benshapiro
To be clear, I also agree w/
@benshapiro
on *many* points & respect hell out of him for the way he handles himself & presents facts/arguments
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Those who recklessly rush to “affirm” supposedly
#trans
kids should read this paper on OCD and “
#genderdysphoria
” .
@ONPsych
@APA
@CPA_SCP
@APAPsychiatric
.
@OwenBenjamin
.
@benshapiro
.
@joerogan
.
@jordanbpeterson
.
@GadSaad
.
@RubinReport
.
@bryancallen
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Test of
#CriticalThinking
: Watch
@scrowder
's very important interview w/one of the most misrepresented ppl on the planet,
#TommyRobinson
(sorry,
@FaithGoldy
&
@Lauren_Southern
), and try to see the *real* man behind all of the lies:
@NotGayJared
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Re
@CBC
/
@CBCNews
piece : a) parents should not be pressured in this way, b) Jen Beard doesn't mention *age* of new referrals, c) if they are teens, Dr. Lawson is being disingenuous b/c we *do* have an answer for spike:
#ROGD
/Rapid Onset
#GenderDysphoria
.
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Thank you once again
@clairlemon
@QuilletteM
for pointing out even more embarrassments or affronts to
#academia
/
#science
such as
@davidgraeber
and anyone else making vexatious complaints/attacks against
#NoahCarl
: .
@benshapiro
@joerogan
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@AliciaMHendley
@BanGendrUnicorn
@pauldirks
@BarbaraRKay
@DrDebraSoh
@jordanbpeterson
@Defend_Reality
A few things: 1) Even using terms like "cis kids" or "AFAB/AMAB" is part of the problem; as
#GeorgeOrwell
warned many years ago, it is manipulating language to control the public's thinking (e.g., ). 2) You're right, they do *not* give a rat's ass abt 1/x
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@pauldirks
@BarbaraRKay
@DrDebraSoh
@jordanbpeterson
*This* is the kind of "programming" over which I have repeatedly expressed concern. It is a poorly conceived and terribly executed "social experiment" designed to placate
#Trans
"activists." It is pathetic/disgusting that none of their "allies" has stopped to think abt the 1/x
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@tarahaelle
@Dr_ScottK
@WFKARS
@JamesCantorPhD
@AnneLawrenceMD
@BlanchardPhD
@profjmb
@MLaidlawMD
@ZUCKERKJ
@DrDebraSoh
@LisaMarchiano
@BobWithers52
@cwknews
@jamesfreespeech
@AliceDreger
their careers by speaking out) are all ignorant, hateful, transphobic, ideologues etc. If you can eliminate such motives/explanations, why do you think we are so persistent in trying to get the
#Truth
out, despite the great (potential) risks to our personal/professional lives?6/6
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Okay, I have to admit that I've had one of the most surreal days/nights ever. Because I work, teach, tweet, make videos & give media interviews re. many controversial issues, I've been attacked & mischaracterized by Nazis/White Supremacists/alt-right, SJWs/radical lefties, 1/x
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Okay, gotta go teach the first class of this term (Psychological Disorders). I get to engage with a whole new batch of students who are about to learn what *real*
#CriticalThinking
is.
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@NewWorldHominin
Well, this fine list by
@MarchaeGrair
seems like a reasonable, effective and productive tool to help me deal with my genetically derived racism. I got the "bonus edition," which contains the 11th point: "Just kill yourself, White Devil."
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@KatyMontgomerie
Or maybe .
@CaolanRob
had a moment of insight/clarity that led to a display of empathy & decency that is often absent from such exchanges.
Of course, .
@jk_rowling
frequently evinces such qualities — as well as courage, logic & Truth.
Perhaps you and others could learn something.
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My request to any
#Trans
"activists" or "allies": Please find someone else to bother. I've done my time. I've explained everything. I've answered all questions. You have nothing to offer me other than the many negative things I have described many times. Do the right thing.
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@benshapiro
Kudos to Ben for covering this
@davidhogg111
story. What kind of a "narcissist" (n.a.d.) would try to get advertisers to boycott
@IngrahamAngle
for her "relatively mild" critique tweet. This speaks volumes about Hogg, "the left" and their ilk.
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Thank you. I may reach only a fraction of the people Dr. Peterson can reach, but like I say to my patients and students, if you have a positive impact on even only one person, you're doing pretty well.
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@sanityandsafety
@ONPsych
Sadly, some of my *colleagues* would like to believe that my call for honest, open and fact/evidence-based discussion on such important matters is evidence of
#Transphobia
. Most such colleagues come from particular universities that seem driven by ideology & personal agendas.
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This is just one person's story: . Ask yourself what kind of person *ignores* such realities or refuses to acknowledge that the claim that such people comprise only 2-4% of the population is based on the bullying/intimidation committed by
#Trans
1/x
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@davidgraeber
@Pablo_Chihuahua
@clairlemon
@QuilletteM
@benshapiro
@joerogan
@LSEnews
@Yale
I had never heard of you until this article but, personally, if I were in your situation I would be more concerned abt a) my original reported actions; and b) being associated w/the kind of (IMO) immoral/unethical/unprofessional/anti-science mobbing/bullying depicted in the piece
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@TriciaFrasman
I hope everyone forwards this thread to anyone trying to use the article to “prove” that
#sex
exists on a spectrum.
#Trans
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Retweet this far and wide. Hold these cowards at
@Laurier
accountable! How can we reach out to
#LindsayShepherd
?
@GadSaad
@jordanbpeterson
@FreeAdvocate
Global News has released a audio recording from the meeting where grad student Lindsay Shepherd was verbally attacked by two Laurier profs and rep from the Diversity and Equity office. Shows how they really think. And it is insane! Retweet everywhere!!
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@BlanchardPhD
@ZUCKERKJ
@SchulichMedDent
And *this* is how
#Trans
"activists" and their
#RegressiveLeft
"allies" prevent information that does not conform to the Trans ideology/mythology from being disseminated. Please distribute widely.
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@jordanbpeterson
@Ira_Wells
@RubinReport
@jonkay
In the spirit of academia:
@Ira_Wells
is a _____:
A) coward
B) hypocrite
C) blowhard
D) hater of charities
E) all of the above
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@melvinvines
@jordanbpeterson
@GadSaad
Because it's not politically correct. I tweeted previously that an ostensibly pro-
#trans
organization/conference withdrew invitation to 1/x
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First in my series of interviews with two authors (
@LisaMarchiano
@cwknews
) of very important new book, "Transgender Children and Young People"-- --
@JamesCantorPhD
@BlanchardPhD
@AliceDreger
@profjmb
@ONPsych
#Transgender
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Thank you--sincerely--to everyone for sending your positive thoughts/wishes/prayers. I just found out surgery has changed to 8am on Monday, so not so bad; just means I need to recover more quickly. Now I'm almost guaranteed to be teaching my next Sex class from a hospital bed.
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For those keeping score at home, I was able to see 7 patients in a row today for the first time; this would normally be a light day for me but, sadly, it does take its toll as I recover. And my brain is still not up to being able to write my Court reports. 😒😒😒
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Okay, I have to devote the rest of my night to family. I have tried to respond to everyone's supportive tweets to express my gratitude; such an outpouring of positivity means more than you can know. If I do not respond from now, please understand why. In addition to the looong1/x
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@GCMamma
@Nosci_fi
@BrownUniversity
@LisaLllittman
@BarbaraRKay
For what it's worth, Professor J Michael Bailey is organizing a letter of protest that is being signed by some of the biggest names in the field, some of whom are writing to the Dean on their own. Also, plz see this counter to
@JuliaSerano
:
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Several major strokes, a few heart attacks, a totally disintegrated spine & many life-saving surgeries can't stop a true artist--my dad 1/2.
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@djmedici
@benshapiro
It's sad that you have to be so petty, immature & negative abt 1 person's praising of another person's admirable conduct. This is (1/x)
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Apparently
@GadSaad
&
@TherynMeyer
were not able to compel them w/their reasonable, cogent & passionate arguments.
Bill C16 sailed through the Senate today without a comment or amendment. Canadians beware. Freedom of speech has been compromised.
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Shame on
@Hypatia_Journal
&
#quackademic
mob for unfair/ignorant attack on
#RebeccaTuvel
: .
@AliceDreger
@GadSaad
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