OT: American Politics

[mbow30]

I think he also built some credibility early because until 2016 or whatever he appeared to be a serious person and his first foray into pop culture was what looked like a principled stand.

but, the hill he chose to die on was ridiculous (gender pronouns), he got addicted to his celebrity - and drugs - and the inner crank very clearly shone through.

 

[leafman101]

Is there anything worse than U of T philosophy professors?

 

[mbow30]

York philosophy profs

 

[mbow30]

But I think he’s a psych prof.

 

[hockeylover]

Pretty sure he had a ton of defenders here for his enforced monogomy/women and men in the workplace stuff. He's always sounded like a lunatic who's a good talker to me.

 

[LeafGm]

I’ve honestly never bothered listening to or reading really anything that Peterson’s had to say since he became a public figure.

I became aware of him when he launched his war against gender neutral pronouns & became a darling of the Sun & the National Post, but didn’t look more into him at the time.

Then I finally read one of his articles in the wake of the incel van attack in Toronto. And in that article, he argued that something he termed “enforced monogamy” was his cure for incel violence. In practice, that’d involve forcibly pairing up unmarried women in monogamous marriages with incels.

At that point, I decided that he wasn’t a serious person, and that I didn’t really give two shits about his thoughts on any topic.

 

[lecoqsportif]

“Enforced monogamy”?

That is simply bonkers. It’s not just incel, it’s ISIS.

He’s a nut.

 

[mbow30]

He’s just an insufferable full of shit shitbag.

 

[axlsalinger]

 

[CH1]

Not sure what I found more laughable -- Peterson''s word salad or Rogan's guttural "hmmmmmmms" as if they were both on the cusp of meaningful intellectual orgasm.

they pulled off quite the unintentional but perfect self parody

 

[CH1]

I think he also built some credibility early because until 2016 or whatever he appeared to be a serious person and his first foray into pop culture was what looked like a principled stand.

but, the hill he chose to die on was ridiculous (gender pronouns), he got addicted to his celebrity - and drugs - and the inner crank very clearly shone through.

basically... he hit celeb status (for a prof) and it almost killed him....life is strange

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

“Enforced monogamy”?

That is simply bonkers. It’s not just incel, it’s ISIS.

He’s a nut.

He's from rural Alberta. That's pretty much all you need to know. And rural Albertan conservatives are impressed by anyone with enough intellect to know how to eat with a knife and fork.

 

[WeHaveMoreCupsThanYou]

basically... he hit celeb status (for a prof) and it almost killed him....life is strange

To be fair, the backlash he got from the woke student mob was over the top. They only want to silence him rather than debate him. That's a problem on too many college campuses these days.

 

[Wayward DP]

He's from rural Alberta. That's pretty much all you need to know. And rural Albertan conservatives are impressed by anyone with enough intellect to know how to eat with a knife and fork.

have you considered auditioning for a role as the western correspondent on this hour has 22 minutes?

 

[MindzEye]

 

[StormChaserBH]

#HockeyIsForEveryone, but apparently, not library books.

 

[lecoqsportif]

 

[LeafGm]

Inching ever so closely back to book burnings in the town square.

 

[Wayward DP]

Inching ever so closely back to book burnings in the town square.

may as well round up the witches while we're at it

 

[MindzEye]

Inching ever so closely back to book burnings in the town square.

Oh, its coming.