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248. The Adventures of Pinnochio and Free Speech Part 2/4

The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast

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Is Intent Important?

The idea that intention doesn't matter is actually built into so much of this what we call social justice discourse. It's just a given that there are racist structures and you can be racist without intending to be racist but in order to be racist intention has to be at the heart of that. To remove that and make the felt consequences the the arbiter of the reality of the situation is a dreadful assault on the integrity of the law as far as I can tell.

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