University professor and free-speech champion Jordan Peterson is bravely stepping up to fight back against some “really mean stuff” said about him by professors at Wilfrid Laurier University. In 2017, an audio clip of Laurier professors expressing a distaste for Peterson’s ideologies was shared online. Peterson has courageously decided to take legal action because he dislikes how these professors described him in a private meeting. “I just can’t believe they would use such extreme language, going so far as to compare me to Hitler — why didn’t they consider how it would make me feel?” said Peterson, who gained notoriety for refusing to offer a trans student the basic respect of using their preferred pronoun. “If my name is irrevocably tainted by people saying they don’t like me, how can I continue my fight to stand up for free speech?” A staff member told sources “We didn’t think that our words would even get to him. It was an internal meeting.” Laurier has yet to officially respond to the recent suit and it is unknown how they will argue their way out of expressing their own opinions. According to Peterson, the discourse that happened a year ago between people nobody has heard of could really threaten the loyalty of his ultra-conservative fan-base. “Before this, my followers had never heard of anyone disagreeing with me. This is really going to shatter their worldview.” Thanks to the university professor’s brave decision to strike back against the tyranny of academic discussion, he can continue his altruistic campaign to liberate society from the oppression of preferred pronouns while cultivating positive opinions about himself (or he’ll sue). https://www.thebeaverton.com/2018/0...g-university-for-saying-mean-stuff-about-him/
This YouTube video was originally posted by exGOPer in a thread titled: Jim Jefferies pins down Jordan Peterson Discussion in 'Politics' started by exGOPer, Wednesday at 9:15 AM. This is a good interview about free speech and the Radical Left’s efforts to shut down free speech on college campuses. It appears to be an sustained international effort as Canada and the United States has seen this sort of student behaviour on college campuses before as apparently instigated by the Radical Left.
I really don't see the left's fascination with trying to lump this guy w/ultra righties. I get that the "alt-right" have embraced him as their champion because of his penchant on destroying ultra lefty rhetoric, but that takes little effort, and anyone in the center can achieve it.
You just made the left and the ultra-left the same thing there maybe? I'm sure a lot of the normal left enjoy his contribution. Peterson is fine for the most part just to post-graduate university educated people he is not a messiah bringing revelation. I have a girlfriend with a PhD, my daughter has one, her mom, several of my employees have and conversations get pretty interesting among them. Peterson is easy to follow for non-psychologists/sociologists in the vein of Brian Greene in physics etc. He could get creamed in the average academic dinner party chat. The saving grace for him for me is he has stopped a few times and said, yep, I'm wrong in what I said a moment ago as an academic should do. Sad little boys with weak daddy figures love him for trying to teach them to man up, they do need to I'll say.
I guess I "lumped the left" because I consider you and exgoper left of center, and the first two posts struck me as mocking. Though I agree he's no messiah and really doesn't bring much original thought to the table, I think his appeal is having the balls to speak sense and not back down from the potential backlash. I see him sort of in the same light as Musk. Though smart, people see him as some Noble Laureate, and anyone's that studied some hard science, can see through the BS of "renaissance genius." Maybe therein lies the answer, I'm annoyed by Musk and not by Peterson as some may be annoyed by Peterson but not Musk.
Fair enough. I have worked for three deca-billionares who built big companies and I have a lot of respect for Musk. He has been striving hard for a long time. He is the vision, I have never been aware of him claiming genius but if the media put a 'real world Tony Stark' label on someone in his position he would be foolish not to run with it until the worm turns. Peterson has been in the spotlight just a few years, we'll see if he has the stamina. If he is giving some alt-right ammo fine, hopefully he will keep reasonably honest and show them how to change their minds also.
I've come down from a lot of great drugs listening to Moon Safari back in the day. Chase the Sun was around 2003? Towards the very end of my fun days. Part of my pre-trading warmup some days when I listen to music at all.
End of father's day here, or Jordan Peterson day to many. At the range waiting for me is a new(ish) Desert Eagle .50! Woohoo! Due to Colombia's perfectly reasonable and sane laws it has to be kept there. Beats socks.