Jordan Peterson 'Would Rather Die' Than Delete Elliot Page Tweet

Jordan Peterson looks set to stay off Twitter for good as he said he "would rather die" than delete the tweet about Elliot Page that got his account suspended

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Last week those close to Peterson revealed that Twitter had suspended his account, and he could get it back within 12 hours if he deleted a tweet

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Peterson has now spoken out against Twitter and addressed the remarks he made that got him banned from the platform.

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"The suspension will not be lifted unless I delete the hateful tweet in question. And I would rather die than do that," Peterson said in the video he posted late on Friday

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In his response video, Peterson went through the Twitter terms at length, picking apart where he may have supposedly violated their rules

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