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Originally Posted by Igottago
Its not grasping at straws because I've heard him elaborate on similar topics before, so I think I can reasonably assume what he's trying to get at. That's the problem with twitter however, its limited by characters. So there's no way to sum up his opinion on the matter just by reading a tweet and presenting it as some type of evidence of his overall viewpoint.
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Okay, can you point me in the direction of material that contains this elaboration? I'm happy to take my opinion on him back if he has but I don't think it's my job to seek that out when he's the one who originally made a vague and ridiculous assertion.
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And if you're right about his opinion on it (which I highly doubt)...well there is one topic that he could be out to lunch on. Does that discredit everything else he says? Do you have to agree 100% with someone on every issue in order to think their work has any value worthy of public attention?
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Not at all, but it seems that many of his supporters work in the opposite direction. They assume that because he's an expert in psychology and has some opinions on free speech that jive with their own, that he's suddenly an authority on a variety of other topics. Peterson even seems to believe this himself.