‘I Would Rather Die’: Jordan Peterson Refuses to Delete Tweet After Twitter Suspension

Then-University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson speaks at an event in Sherwood Park, Alta., on Feb. 11, 2018. Jason Franson/The Canadian Press

Renowned Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson says he won’t abide by Twitter’s “absurd rules” after being temporarily suspended from the social media platform and required to delete a tweet to restore his account.

“I penned an irritated tweet in response to one of the latest happenings on the increasingly heated culture-war front,” Peterson said in a video released on July 1, in which he criticized “woke moralists” and challenged the logic of the punitive measure he was subjected to.