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Jordan Peterson is Releasing a ‘Free Speech’ Alternative to Patreon Called Thinkspot

posted by janrinok on Sunday June 16 2019, @08:21PM   Printer-friendly
from the thinks-pot-should-be-legal? dept.

aristarchus writes:

From reporting by The Daily Dot.

Conservative psychologist/alt-right guru Jordan Peterson officially announced that he is launching what he calls a "free speech platform" known as Thinkspot.

Peterson insists that Thinkspot will adhere to his principles of anti-censorship so strongly that the platform will only ban or remove users if it is ordered to do so by the U.S. court of law. Because there's no way that could go horribly wrong.

Peterson also mentioned that Thinkspot will have a minimum word count as opposed to a maximum. "If minimum comment length is 50 words, you're gonna have to put a little thought into it," Peterson said to the right-wing outlet NewsBusters. "Even if you're being a troll, you'll be a quasi-witty troll."

Thinkspot is being marketed as a creator-to-consumer payment processor such as Patreon while also serving as an alternative to services such as Twitter and YouTube.

Thinkspot has an intended release date of August 2019.

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  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @09:58PM (9 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @09:58PM (#856355)

    Agreed. That is an excellent way of looking at things.

    Sadly, federal officers knocking down your door won't think so.

  • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:01PM (8 children)

    by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:01PM (#856356)

    Who, exactly, has had their "door knocked down" by US authorities *only* for expressing themselves?

    • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:06PM (3 children)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:06PM (#856359)

      Fine, you win. It was UK authorities who knocked down Julian Assange's door, so he won't have a door to knock down when the USA takes custody of him.

      He's probably homosexual too!

      • (Score: 1, Funny) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:19PM (2 children)

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:19PM (#856366)

        Fine, you win. It was UK authorities who knocked down Julian Assange's door, so he won't have a door to knock down when the USA takes custody of him.

        I wonder how much it cost the Ecuadorians to fix their door? Oh, wait...

        • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @11:14PM (1 child)

          by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @11:14PM (#856383)

          I could give you the cost now, in €, or we can wait until November 1st and you can have the cost in £.

          • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @11:43PM

            by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @11:43PM (#856400)

            Your choice. Although, given that the Limeys didn't bust down any doors, I'm guessing zero. In any currency.

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:09PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:09PM (#856361)

      Well, it was more of an analogy for the praetorians in other countries. Not everyone is as blessed to live in Ruby Ridge - I mean America.

      • (Score: 1, Informative) by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:17PM

        by Anonymous Coward on Sunday June 16 2019, @10:17PM (#856365)

        Except Ruby Ridge [wikipedia.org] wasn't about free speech:

        Following a Marshals Service reconnoiter of the Weaver property pursuant to a bench warrant for Weaver after his failure to appear on firearms charges, an initial encounter between six US marshals and the Weavers resulted in a shootout and the deaths of Deputy US Marshal William Francis Degan, age 42, the Weavers' son Samuel (Sammy), age 14, and the Weaver's family dog (Striker).

    • (Score: 0) by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 17 2019, @07:04PM (1 child)

      by Anonymous Coward on Monday June 17 2019, @07:04PM (#856735)

      The US has obscenity laws, free speech zones, national security letters, draconian copyright laws such as the DMCA, FCC censorship, and so on. Not to mention, the US government constantly forces through similarly unconstitutional garbage such as FOSTA, which then takes massive amounts of effort to get rid of, assuming the courts happen to care about the Constitutional on that day. Simply being better in comparison to something else is not good enough.