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It seems to me that Jordan Peterson [0] is an interesting, thoughtful person who is very transparent about his personal journal to find meaning and understand..
by jshevek 9y ago
It seems to me that Jordan Peterson [0] is an interesting, thoughtful person who is very transparent about his personal journal to find meaning and understand... well, existence for lack of a better word.
I highly recommend his podcasts.
Dismissing him[1] as "alt-right" media does a terrible disservice to the spirit of learning and open inquiry.
As for that other guy that interviewed him - meh. But if everyone in the mainstream media were lying about me, I might accept help from such as him.
[0] Edit: While not mentioned in this article, James Damore's second interview this week was with Jordan Peterson. It is of higher quality.
[1] I see now that you were not, my apologies.
- deanCommie 9y agoI have very deeply conflicted feelings about Jordan Peterson. On the one hand, I agree with you that his own personal writing and stances are fairly transparent and reasonable. On the other hand, he actively attracts and covets the deeply right fringes, and claims no responsibility when they use his stances for extremist viewpoints and attacks. Example: Jordan Peterson: "I think making mis-gendering someone a federal hate crime is a step too far and infringes free speech more than it protects trans people." His supporters: "Yeah, FUCK TRANS PEOPLE!" Jordan Peterson: "<crickets>"