Elliot Page Pride Tweet Gets Jordan Peterson Suspended From Twitter
Dr. Jordan Peterson has been suspended from Twitter for calling out the "criminal physician" who removed Ellen, now Elliot Page's breasts.The controversial tweet was flagged as violating Twitter's rules against hateful conduct, and Peterson has reportedly indicated that he will "never" delete the tweet.Peterson was addressing The Umbrella Academy actor Elliot Page in his tweet.Page came out as a trans man in December 2020, and the recent season of The Umbrella Academy reflected this change, having his character change from Vanya to Viktor Hargreeves."Remember when pride was a sin?" wrote Peterson on Twitter on June 22, the middle of Pride Month.
He continued, writing to his 2.8 million followers, "And Ellen Page just had her breasts removed by a criminal physician."It seems to have taken a week, but the content of that tweet specifically got Peterson removed from Twitter, as revealed by his daughter Mikhaila Peterson and his friend Dave Rubin.Mikhaila screenshotted the message that told her father he'd been suspended, and also mentioned prospective Twitter owner Elon Musk in her tweet. "Definitely not a free speech platform at the moment [Elon Musk]" she wrote.Wow. @jordanbpeterson got a twitter strike.
No more twitter until he deletes the tweet. Definitely not a free speech platform at the moment @elonmusk pic.twitter.com/YuBTwnjz5WConservative political commentator Rubin also alerted his own 1.3 million followers to the news of Peterson's removal. "The insanity continues at Twitter," Rubin said. "[Jordan Peterson] has been suspended for this tweet about Ellen Page.
