So many spiteful character assassinations right now. Don't do that. When you disagree really strongly with someone on something you think is very important, this is the time to be particularly charitable about their character and intentions & stress what you can agree on.
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Hi. Quick question since I’ve see a lot of misunderstanding about this. What do you think is Jordan Peterson’s intention? What is he trying to do from your perspective?
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I think we need to assume his motivations are good and that he's trying to bring some positive moral values into the mix. I spoke about it briefly here.https://areomagazine.com/2017/12/08/the-problem-with-truth-and-reason-in-a-post-truth-society/ …
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I don't agree with his socially conservative values but they aren't what really worry me. It's his take on the objectivity of truth and constructivism by narrative and symbolic/semiotic stuff which parallels postmodernism and his conflation of PoMo with Marxism that worries me.
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I disagree with his conflation of PoMo with Marxism but strangely enough agree so far with his take on objectivity of truth. I’ve seen several people complain about his perspective on that. I must’ve missed something. Will look into it after work for sure
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That would a far more reasonable demand if Peterson himself didn't go from pronouns to the death of a 100 million in 4 seconds flat.
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But 'He does this thing and it's bad so let's do it too' is never a good response. If someone is unreasonable, show them to be. Don't try to outdo them in it.
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I'm not arguing for going tit for tat but seeing his fan get upset over this just sounds a bit hollow.
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Tribalism. Rise above it.
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I'm no sjw or IDW-er so I'm fine just watching this.
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I can find nothing in that review even close to that critique of it. The discussion of fascism and right wing ideologies come from Petersons own words in his own book (quoted by the reviewer). It seems pretty fair, and having grown up with Nietzsche and Yung, pretty accurate
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Having heard Peterson talk elsewhere, and read enough of his online stuff, it seems likely that his book contains the same confused, dismissive, puritanical and fascist undertones. I'm not spending cash to find out though
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The underlying summary of that review that I got was "a tired rehash of long discredited bad ideas"
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