Past British Psychological Society Pres. Peter Kinderman Threatened to Sue Universities That Won't Muzzle Me
"I should be grateful you would to reply to this letter as a matter of urgency"
Peter Kinderman is a Professor of Pomposity at the University of Liverpool and the former British Psychological Society President who most often reminds us of having held that position.
Kinderman increasingly slips into discussions on Twitter and alerts someone positively interacting or disagreeing with me, giving them a discrete warning. Kinderman wants them to know that I habitually use Twitter to make ad hominem attacks. Kinderman, in contrast, imagines himself to be a statesman who wants to take social media to a new level of peace, harmony, and intelligent discussion.
Occasionally, Peter does us all a favor that he did not intend.
In one recent instance, he got a psychiatrist to agree with him who was promoting my appearance on his podcast. That annoyed me enough to look into the background of @chrisaikenmd, I discovered that I would be extending the reach of a dangerous quack who promotes an unproven ginseng concoction to bipolar patients with claims “it will dramatically impro…