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Ezra Levant

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The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

You go to a gang for protection. In the UK, by far the dominant gangs are the Muslim gangs. In fact, you convert to join. And the thing is, Tommy Robinson is a skeptic and a critic of Islam. And anyone who would put a knife into him would be a hero in the community forever. Yeah, right. And so there are some ways to imprison such a man, especially if he's a civil prisoner.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

You go to a gang for protection. In the UK, by far the dominant gangs are the Muslim gangs. In fact, you convert to join. And the thing is, Tommy Robinson is a skeptic and a critic of Islam. And anyone who would put a knife into him would be a hero in the community forever. Yeah, right. And so there are some ways to imprison such a man, especially if he's a civil prisoner.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

You go to a gang for protection. In the UK, by far the dominant gangs are the Muslim gangs. In fact, you convert to join. And the thing is, Tommy Robinson is a skeptic and a critic of Islam. And anyone who would put a knife into him would be a hero in the community forever. Yeah, right. And so there are some ways to imprison such a man, especially if he's a civil prisoner.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

It's not a crime that he's in jail for. He put a video up. And let's get back to fact checkers for one second. Let me say this. The judge said, what you're going to put online is not admissible in court. I reject it as the truth because it was not admissible in court under these rules of civil procedure. Okay, fair enough, judge.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

It's not a crime that he's in jail for. He put a video up. And let's get back to fact checkers for one second. Let me say this. The judge said, what you're going to put online is not admissible in court. I reject it as the truth because it was not admissible in court under these rules of civil procedure. Okay, fair enough, judge.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

It's not a crime that he's in jail for. He put a video up. And let's get back to fact checkers for one second. Let me say this. The judge said, what you're going to put online is not admissible in court. I reject it as the truth because it was not admissible in court under these rules of civil procedure. Okay, fair enough, judge.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

But that doesn't mean it's not true, and that doesn't mean it's not useful. And we don't all have to seek truth through a particular legal system where lawyers and judges determine what you're allowed to see and what you're not allowed to see. So what's happening is there's a battle between Tommy Robinson and the government of the United Kingdom over what is true.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

But that doesn't mean it's not true, and that doesn't mean it's not useful. And we don't all have to seek truth through a particular legal system where lawyers and judges determine what you're allowed to see and what you're not allowed to see. So what's happening is there's a battle between Tommy Robinson and the government of the United Kingdom over what is true.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

But that doesn't mean it's not true, and that doesn't mean it's not useful. And we don't all have to seek truth through a particular legal system where lawyers and judges determine what you're allowed to see and what you're not allowed to see. So what's happening is there's a battle between Tommy Robinson and the government of the United Kingdom over what is true.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And a judge says, in my courtroom, where Tommy did not have a lawyer, where he was sort of doing homemade law, you were not allowed to bring certain evidence into the trial, and so you're not allowed to put them in a different forum where you're more adept. A social media video. How is that anything other than a brutal fact check?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And a judge says, in my courtroom, where Tommy did not have a lawyer, where he was sort of doing homemade law, you were not allowed to bring certain evidence into the trial, and so you're not allowed to put them in a different forum where you're more adept. A social media video. How is that anything other than a brutal fact check?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And a judge says, in my courtroom, where Tommy did not have a lawyer, where he was sort of doing homemade law, you were not allowed to bring certain evidence into the trial, and so you're not allowed to put them in a different forum where you're more adept. A social media video. How is that anything other than a brutal fact check?

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And when Tommy Robinson didn't accept it, solitary confinement, he'll serve nine months in solitary. I don't know anyone other than Julian Assange who's done that. And... There really is a two-tier. Where's the prison? It's called Woodhill. It's in a town called Milton Keynes. It's about a 90-minute drive from Heathrow Airport. And I'm still hoping to go in.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And when Tommy Robinson didn't accept it, solitary confinement, he'll serve nine months in solitary. I don't know anyone other than Julian Assange who's done that. And... There really is a two-tier. Where's the prison? It's called Woodhill. It's in a town called Milton Keynes. It's about a 90-minute drive from Heathrow Airport. And I'm still hoping to go in.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And when Tommy Robinson didn't accept it, solitary confinement, he'll serve nine months in solitary. I don't know anyone other than Julian Assange who's done that. And... There really is a two-tier. Where's the prison? It's called Woodhill. It's in a town called Milton Keynes. It's about a 90-minute drive from Heathrow Airport. And I'm still hoping to go in.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

I wrote back to the prison governor just yesterday saying, look, I'll sign an NDA, which is obscene. Right, right. And this prison governor, who is she to say I can't say what Tommy said and I can't say what I see? But I want to actually put eyes on him. Especially outside the U.K., It's just unheard of. But I want to put eyes on him. I want to see what he's doing. Absolutely.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

I wrote back to the prison governor just yesterday saying, look, I'll sign an NDA, which is obscene. Right, right. And this prison governor, who is she to say I can't say what Tommy said and I can't say what I see? But I want to actually put eyes on him. Especially outside the U.K., It's just unheard of. But I want to put eyes on him. I want to see what he's doing. Absolutely.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

I wrote back to the prison governor just yesterday saying, look, I'll sign an NDA, which is obscene. Right, right. And this prison governor, who is she to say I can't say what Tommy said and I can't say what I see? But I want to actually put eyes on him. Especially outside the U.K., It's just unheard of. But I want to put eyes on him. I want to see what he's doing. Absolutely.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And they are delaying and delaying. You know what? They would like him to die in prison. That would be a mistake. I think so. And what I've learned, my advice to him three months ago was, take the video down and don't go to jail for so long. Declare victory. But his victory is magnified much more by it. So they don't know how to deal with him.

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast
525. The War on Speech—and Those Who Dare to Fight It | Ezra Levant

And they are delaying and delaying. You know what? They would like him to die in prison. That would be a mistake. I think so. And what I've learned, my advice to him three months ago was, take the video down and don't go to jail for so long. Declare victory. But his victory is magnified much more by it. So they don't know how to deal with him.