Macleans: Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man’s smart person?

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Or just a stupid person (like most liberscaredians)..


Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man’s smart person?

“Postmodern neo-Marxism” is Peterson’s nemesis, and the best way to explain what postmodern neo-Marxism is, is to explain what it is not—that is, it is entirely distinct from the concept of “cultural Marxism.”

“Cultural Marxism” is a conspiracy theory holding that an international cabal of Marxist academics, realizing that traditional Marxism is unlikely to triumph any time soon, is out to destroy Western civilization by undermining its cultural values. “Postmodern neo-Marxism,” on the other hand, is a conspiracy theory holding that an international cabal of Marxist academics, realizing that traditional Marxism is unlikely to triumph any time soon, is out to destroy Western civilization by undermining its cultural values with “cultural” taken out of the name so it doesn’t sound quite so similar to the literal Nazi conspiracy theory of “cultural Bolshevism.”

Spend half an hour on his website, sit through a few of his interminable videos, and you realize that what he has going for him, the niche he has found is that Jordan Peterson is the stupid man’s smart person.

Peterson’s videos go on and on. It’s like opening up a tab for one of those bird’s nest webcams at the height of its popularity: Lots of people are watching, you feel like you should too, but nothing is happening. You keep checking back, the viewer numbers have risen, but the scene is just so grey and drab. You can make out a white object on your screen that may or may not be cracking up, but as time goes on you start to think, “This thing was not incubated properly.”

But you can breathe easy, neo-Marxist conspirators for whom there is “nothing but power” and who, says Petersonshine, are motivated only to ”accrue all the power to them”—the plan has been put on hiatus until he can find a way to avoid adding “excessively to current polarization.” Two days after the faculty association’s statement, J. Pete the Beet announced that he had consulted a Twitter poll and decided to shelve the plan.

“I was going to put an end to your pomo-Marxist plotting once and for all but a third of respondents to a Twitter poll advised against it, so you’re safe… for now!” cried the last great defender of masculine Western civilization.

Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man's smart person? - Macleans.ca
 

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That would be this guy

 

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No, that's Justin Trudeau.

JT not JP
(You need to put down the bottle.)
 

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Jordan Peterson turns his "free speech" crusade into an assault on academic freedom

Back in the old days of the Bush administration, there were all sorts of attacks on academic freedom in the U.S. But those almost always came from politicians outside of academia. That’s how we got the travesty of Terri Schiavo. But even in those bad old days politicians who might step into the realm of science, would maintain a certain distance, for example, on appointments to national science panels.

All that has gone by the wayside. Now, the Trump administration appoints charlatans without regard to their professional credentials. In fact, having any bonafides is considered a drawback, if not an absolute disqualifying mark.

The election of Donald Trump has shown us how quickly values an entire nation thought sacrosanct may be disposed of virtually overnight, and institutions that have been the bedrock of a nation and its democracy over generations appear to dissolve in front of our eyes. This can happen in academia as well. It is happening right now with the rise of the alt-right on U.S. campuses.

And the reverberations are now being felt in Canada where University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson, who has been at the centre of the war on non-binary gender pronouns, is planning to launch his own assault on academic freedom – a website modeled after similar right-wing censors in the U.S. targeting social science disciplines he dubs “post-modern neo-Marxist.”

Peterson's stated aim with the website is to allow students to rate their professors. But his goal, he says, is to reduce enrollment in university social science and humanities classes that he describes as "indoctrination cults." These include gender and racial studies, and even English literature and schools of education, which he calls “corrupt.”

Senior faculty members at UofT have expressed “deep concern” to the university administration warning in a letter made public last week that the website will “generate harassment” and lead to “unsafe work and study conditions for students, faculty and staff."

The letter asks university administrators "to proactively prevent this harassment before it begins,” noting Peterson's "violence-tinged" language in the past to describe courses he disapproves of as "bordering on murderous."

Peterson has used defamatory, inflammatory and even violent terms to describe his academic opponents who take issue with his opposition to the use of gender pronouns, in particular, the federal government's adding of “gender identity and gender expression” to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act.

He’s also bemoaned the fact that men cannot "control crazy women" because men can't fight them. Because of such a gender disparity, he feels disempowered from schooling his female opponents in academia.

Someone at the university needs to remind Peterson that university teaching is not the same as pugilism. Academics don’t settle disputes with fistfights, much as he might prefer. And the age of jousting or duels is long over.

https://nowtoronto.com/news/jordan-peterson-assault-on-academic-freedom/
 

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The Screwheads are afraid

Senior faculty members at UofT have expressed “deep concern” to the university administration warning in a letter made public last week that the website will “generate harassment” and lead to “unsafe work and study conditions for students, faculty and staff."

The letter asks university administrators "to proactively prevent this harassment before it begins,” noting Peterson's "violence-tinged" language in the past to describe courses he disapproves of as "bordering on murderous."
 

mentalfloss

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Well we can at least let the stupid be heard.

Especially when he is doing very little anyway.
 

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Peterson has used defamatory, inflammatory and even violent terms to describe his academic opponents
Awwwww those poor snowflakes. More whining about their own tactics being used against them. Just shows how truly sad, pathetic and unhinged the neo-liberal progtards are. Never mind the horrendously gross hypocrisy.
 

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Or just a stupid person (like most liberscaredians)..


Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man’s smart person?

“Postmodern neo-Marxism” is Peterson’s nemesis, and the best way to explain what postmodern neo-Marxism is, is to explain what it is not—that is, it is entirely distinct from the concept of “cultural Marxism.”

“Cultural Marxism” is a conspiracy theory holding that an international cabal of Marxist academics, realizing that traditional Marxism is unlikely to triumph any time soon, is out to destroy Western civilization by undermining its cultural values. “Postmodern neo-Marxism,” on the other hand, is a conspiracy theory holding that an international cabal of Marxist academics, realizing that traditional Marxism is unlikely to triumph any time soon, is out to destroy Western civilization by undermining its cultural values with “cultural” taken out of the name so it doesn’t sound quite so similar to the literal Nazi conspiracy theory of “cultural Bolshevism.”

Spend half an hour on his website, sit through a few of his interminable videos, and you realize that what he has going for him, the niche he has found is that Jordan Peterson is the stupid man’s smart person.

Peterson’s videos go on and on. It’s like opening up a tab for one of those bird’s nest webcams at the height of its popularity: Lots of people are watching, you feel like you should too, but nothing is happening. You keep checking back, the viewer numbers have risen, but the scene is just so grey and drab. You can make out a white object on your screen that may or may not be cracking up, but as time goes on you start to think, “This thing was not incubated properly.”

But you can breathe easy, neo-Marxist conspirators for whom there is “nothing but power” and who, says Petersonshine, are motivated only to ”accrue all the power to them”—the plan has been put on hiatus until he can find a way to avoid adding “excessively to current polarization.” Two days after the faculty association’s statement, J. Pete the Beet announced that he had consulted a Twitter poll and decided to shelve the plan.

“I was going to put an end to your pomo-Marxist plotting once and for all but a third of respondents to a Twitter poll advised against it, so you’re safe… for now!” cried the last great defender of masculine Western civilization.

Is Jordan Peterson the stupid man's smart person? - Macleans.ca

Can't help but love the fact that mf and all of his ilk are so sacred of Professor Peterson that they stoop to such ridiculous and nonsensical diatribes. Laughing Out Loud and lovin' it.
 

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Depends on how stupid the question is. You already know his answers will be even more stupid than any of the stupid questions.
 

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Jordan Peterson turns his "free speech" crusade into an assault on academic freedom

Back in the old days of the Bush administration, there were all sorts of attacks on academic freedom in the U.S. But those almost always came from politicians outside of academia. That’s how we got the travesty of Terri Schiavo. But even in those bad old days politicians who might step into the realm of science, would maintain a certain distance, for example, on appointments to national science panels.

All that has gone by the wayside. Now, the Trump administration appoints charlatans without regard to their professional credentials. In fact, having any bonafides is considered a drawback, if not an absolute disqualifying mark.

The election of Donald Trump has shown us how quickly values an entire nation thought sacrosanct may be disposed of virtually overnight, and institutions that have been the bedrock of a nation and its democracy over generations appear to dissolve in front of our eyes. This can happen in academia as well. It is happening right now with the rise of the alt-right on U.S. campuses.

And the reverberations are now being felt in Canada where University of Toronto psychology professor Jordan Peterson, who has been at the centre of the war on non-binary gender pronouns, is planning to launch his own assault on academic freedom – a website modeled after similar right-wing censors in the U.S. targeting social science disciplines he dubs “post-modern neo-Marxist.”

Peterson's stated aim with the website is to allow students to rate their professors. But his goal, he says, is to reduce enrollment in university social science and humanities classes that he describes as "indoctrination cults." These include gender and racial studies, and even English literature and schools of education, which he calls “corrupt.”

Senior faculty members at UofT have expressed “deep concern” to the university administration warning in a letter made public last week that the website will “generate harassment” and lead to “unsafe work and study conditions for students, faculty and staff."

The letter asks university administrators "to proactively prevent this harassment before it begins,” noting Peterson's "violence-tinged" language in the past to describe courses he disapproves of as "bordering on murderous."

Peterson has used defamatory, inflammatory and even violent terms to describe his academic opponents who take issue with his opposition to the use of gender pronouns, in particular, the federal government's adding of “gender identity and gender expression” to the list of prohibited grounds for discrimination in the Canadian Human Rights Act.

He’s also bemoaned the fact that men cannot "control crazy women" because men can't fight them. Because of such a gender disparity, he feels disempowered from schooling his female opponents in academia.

Someone at the university needs to remind Peterson that university teaching is not the same as pugilism. Academics don’t settle disputes with fistfights, much as he might prefer. And the age of jousting or duels is long over.

https://nowtoronto.com/news/jordan-peterson-assault-on-academic-freedom/
Wrong. The fascists that are ruining universities don't like Peterson. Or free speach.
 

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Can't help but love the fact that mf and all of his ilk are so sacred of Professor Peterson that they stoop to such ridiculous and nonsensical diatribes. Laughing Out Loud and lovin' it.

Scared of what?

A guy who's conned middle-aged white guys into giving him money for a cause that's going nowhere?

LMAO

Wrong. The fascists that are ruining universities don't like Peterson. Or free speach.

Peterson is a fascist.

He wants to erase courses from schools.


Wake up and smell the strudel.
 

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As opposed to Soros the trainloader's piles of investment into the opposite:
the nazicommieglobalists.
 

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Scared of what?

A guy who's conned middle-aged white guys into giving him money for a cause that's going nowhere?

LMAO



Peterson is a fascist.

He wants to erase courses from schools.


Wake up and smell the strudel.

If anything Peterson is a libertarian. That is diametrically opposed from fascists. The fascists are running the university and are opposed to free speach. Much like you only smarter.
 

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A libertarian who wants to remove classes he doesn't like from schools.

You guys are officially morons lol