Current Affairs Jordan Peterson

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[Amw79]

To be serious, when he sticks to subjects he’s actually qualified to talk about (I.e. clinical psychology), his advice is fairly non-controversial and generally fine, almost bland really. General self-help stuff that’s been around for ages.

When he moves outside his area of expertise into politics, religion, social studies etc, he becomes incredibly vague and frustrating, relying on being overly verbose, dressing topics up in metaphor, and equivocating terms to the point of meaninglessness.

Obviously has gone completely off the rails in the last year or two, with health and family issues, and genuinely (to me, at least) seems extremely vulnerable and ‘on the edge’. Not sure he’s someone who is well suited to being in the public eye, particularly for someone who employs the style of polemic that he does, which inevitably attracts criticism, but he’s now sitting on such a goldmine of money, that it seems he’s going to continue down that road.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

I mean, if a homeless man tells you it's good to brush your teeth would you ignore him? If a fat man tells you the best way to lose weight is to eat better and exercise would you ignore him?

You can be a flawed person and still give good advice.

A lot of homeless people do still wash themselves you know

 

[tommye]

If a fat man tells you the best way to lose weight is to eat better and exercise would you ignore him?

Can you stop picking on Goat please. That's Chico's job. Ta

 

[nsno-chris]

 

[dholliday]

To be serious, when he sticks to subjects he’s actually qualified to talk about (I.e. clinical psychology), his advice is fairly non-controversial and generally fine, almost bland really. General self-help stuff that’s been around for ages.

When he moves outside his area of expertise into politics, religion, social studies etc, he becomes incredibly vague and frustrating, relying on being overly verbose, dressing topics up in metaphor, and equivocating terms to the point of meaninglessness.

Obviously has gone completely off the rails in the last year or two, with health and family issues, and genuinely (to me, at least) seems extremely vulnerable and ‘on the edge’. Not sure he’s someone who is well suited to being in the public eye, particularly for someone who employs the style of polemic that he does, which inevitably attracts criticism, but he’s now sitting on such a goldmine of money, that it seems he’s going to continue down that road.

fair post this

 

[PITA]

He impresses stupid people with his word salad style of conversation that really could have been said much more concisely.

He is a mysoginist.

He longs for a time when men were men and women were slaves.

It has been years since his wife has reached climax.

That explains the fan love from @emir

 

[DrEFC]

The left hates him because he is very articulate, intelligent and his words can influence a whole new generation. This scares the left.

You've regurgitated this nonsense after you've read it on the Internet. There's no right or left about his grift, it just appeals to lonely lads that are easily swayed to be right wing, because if they manage to get a grip of their own self belief, they can't possibly have time and space to care for the self-belief, alternative identities, and well being of others, because that's apparently leftwing/socialist/communist.

 

[JimmyJeffers]

lol

 

[Lobster Johnson]

Good shout. He's been more right than wrong.

The Alex Jones Was Right Jar is a well-known meme.

Awfully wrong about Sandy Hook, that one alone has effectively buried him in the mainstream. Plus his brash Cartman-esque personality is very off-putting, to the point where it all feels like an act (which he argued in court it actually is).


Interesting fella, tho'...worth a thread.

Was he right about the gay frogs?

 

[bluerobert]

Got a mate who likes this fella, he’s a bad beaut in fairness. Antivaxxer who stopped hanging round with us cos we are all “sheeple”

I tried to explain how people like him work once, tried to explain it like a game of golf. Imagine it’s raining and you hit a ball, common sense should tell you grass is slippy AF when it’s wet, run on it, try and stop and you’ll slide. But anyone who’s played golf will know wet grass slows your ball down. That logic makes sense, makes you question what you think is right. By that right your ball should travel further in wet grass. That’s how people get on board with idiots, in their heads what they’re saying makes sense. Have some brains about you and realise it’s down to physics and the mass of a person versus the mass of a golf ball and you understand why the two behave differently.

UTFT’s.

 

[LostLegend]

lol

"WOW"

 

[Billy Dean]

To be serious, when he sticks to subjects he’s actually qualified to talk about (I.e. clinical psychology), his advice is fairly non-controversial and generally fine, almost bland really. General self-help stuff that’s been around for ages.

When he moves outside his area of expertise into politics, religion, social studies etc, he becomes incredibly vague and frustrating, relying on being overly verbose, dressing topics up in metaphor, and equivocating terms to the point of meaninglessness.

Obviously has gone completely off the rails in the last year or two, with health and family issues, and genuinely (to me, at least) seems extremely vulnerable and ‘on the edge’. Not sure he’s someone who is well suited to being in the public eye, particularly for someone who employs the style of polemic that he does, which inevitably attracts criticism, but he’s now sitting on such a goldmine of money, that it seems he’s going to continue down that road.

I agree with your first paragraph.

Generally I agree with your 2nd paragraph although I think you're being a bit generous with the description. My own impression is that when he goes outside his expertise he shows himself to be a weird, angry crank.

 

[ilikecheese]

The left hates him because he is very articulate, intelligent and his words can influence a whole new generation. This scares the left.

I think it's far more about his choice to be a mysoginist. Blaming women for sexual harassment in the workplace because of makeup and heels is reprehensible.

 

[DuuuncanHadaPigeon]

Got a mate who likes this fella, he’s a bad beaut in fairness. Antivaxxer who stopped hanging round with us cos we are all “sheeple”

I tried to explain how people like him work once, tried to explain it like a game of golf. Imagine it’s raining and you hit a ball, common sense should tell you grass is slippy AF when it’s wet, run on it, try and stop and you’ll slide. But anyone who’s played golf will know wet grass slows your ball down. That logic makes sense, makes you question what you think is right. By that right your ball should travel further in wet grass. That’s how people get on board with idiots, in their heads what they’re saying makes sense. Have some brains about you and realise it’s down to physics and the mass of a person versus the mass of a golf ball and you understand why the two behave differently.

UTFT’s.

What a strange analogy that makes little sense.