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Why do so many fascists and racists like him then? They're collectivists. (Not necessarily saying Peterson is a fascist or a racist, but that's a separate ques

• mizzack 9y ago
  From a post elsewhere in these comments: > Another stand holds that there are only two really important groups: the powerful / powerless, which could also be seen as the "oppressors" and "oppressed." Everyone is supposed to be in one of the two groups. This gets grafted onto identity politics in rather unpleasant ways (IMO). > So in the pronoun debate, people who are transgendered or non-gendered are the oppressed and need help; everyone who is not "helping" them is the oppressor and must be opposed. Same thing applies here. Take note of who is applying these -ist labels, and who they are being applied to: anyone in the outgroup. I would be floored to discover if the majority of these strawmen "fascists" and "racists" are a collective by any definition other than "not on board with the cause."
• reitanqild 9y ago
  > Why do so many fascists and racists like him then? Because they aren't very bright and also don’t pay attention when he tell them how stupid their ideology is?