Following Penny's acquittal in New York, author and psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson analyzed the impact of the 'Daniel Penny effect' on people's willingness to put themselves at risk to help others. .
“I think that person was a great example of acting in accordance with his character,” said Peterson, a 26-year-old Marine Corps veteran and architecture student who confronted a 30-year-old homeless man with schizophrenia who had broken onto a bridge. Talking about Daniel Penny. They train while high on a type of synthetic marijuana known as K2 and shouting death threats.
“It's dangerous to intervene in a violent situation, and you have to be a little bit of a hero to do it. Obviously Penny falls into that category, and that's a deep characteristic of him,” Peterson said. He told “The Ingraham Angle.''
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Author and psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson analyzed the influence of the “Daniel Penny effect” on people's willingness to put themselves at risk to help others. (Fox News)
Penny was found not guilty of manslaughter in the strangulation death of Jordan Neely.
Peterson spoke of the “Daniel Penny effect” as a result of Penny's treatment by the New York City judicial system. Although he did not believe that people would behave materially differently as a result of Penny's case, he argued that the U.S. political left nevertheless mistakenly believes in a “criminal-victim position.” .
“That's a very bad idea. … It's not true. There are a lot of people who haven't committed a crime who are in dire socio-economic straits,” Peterson said.
“Comments about the Daniel Penny case are relevant to left-wing criticism insofar as the left treats people as victims,” he continued. “But those are irrelevant. I think the Daniel Penny case will have little impact on the tendency to help people in the medium to long term.”
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Daniel Penny, a 26-year-old Marine Corps veteran and architecture student, confronted a 30-year-old homeless man with schizophrenia who had barged onto a train while shouting death threats. (Rashid Umar Abbasi, Fox News Digital)
“This is what happens when you treat criminals like they're victims,” Peterson said.
“Criminals are generally rational actors, as we've seen in California, which is experiencing a wave of shoplifting after the state government made the foolish decision not to prosecute shoplifters under $1,000. “They are taking risks and taking risks,” he said. . “Anyone with criminal tendencies will find it a field day.”
“The best thing the government can do is increase the likelihood that criminals actually suffer the consequences of their actions and stop treating criminals as if they are victims,” Peterson said. said.
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