[Soldier Boy]

Very interesting video especially for those who want to take a minute to step outside of their clan bubble - I resonate with a lot of what he says here. For me, Peterson can swing wildly from saying something very level-headed and that makes complete objective sense into wild hyperbole that's clearly little more than the product of his own frustration and biases. Sadly that means it's hard to listen to him at all without a large pinch of salt, in case you find yourself missing the "switch point" where he flips from psychologist, researcher and philosopher into Just Jordan's Unsubstantiated Opinion.

"Can we be objective or are we going to be simply tribal about it? I have a lot to say to Jordan. As much as I appreciate actually some of what he says, and as interesting as I find him, I think he's a very mixed figure and largely an agent of repression."

Youtube video

[LeatherTrumpet]

Someone is pissed that Jordan is selling more books and getting more TV gigs....

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

Someone is pissed that Jordan is selling more books and getting more TV gigs....

I highly doubt that and interestingly, I considered pondering in my OP whether or not Jordan Peterson's tendency to dabble in the outrage instead of just sticking to better-considered science and academic rigor is because he is aware that it sells, and generates more book sales and TV gigs.

Sometimes he seems to have genuinely gone off-piste in his frustration, sometimes it feels unquestionably staged, and that tends to depend on the platform. When he's on an outrage-bait podcast or similar a lot more of the gradiose fist-pounding starts coming out. Treats for a less educated audience? When he debates other academics he's much more measured and generally quite well prepared with facts and figures so I'm guessing he's just aware that certain audiences don't need them, in fact don't like them, and are just a choir looking for some preaching.

[Oliver_W]

I kind of think JP is simultaneously highly intelligent, and a stupid person's idea of an intellectual

As TS said, seasonings of salt should be applied when listening to him, but when he's in his lane he can be spot on.

I think his reputation and profile was greatly helped by that Cathy Newman interview, where she (willingly?) misinterpreted everything he said which made her seem either spiteful or comparatively dumb. I think anyway - I only actually saw it when it was first broadcast, I haven't rewatched it or watched some youtubing goon analyse it lol.

[LeatherTrumpet]

JP's popularity is partly because he is both intellectual and vulnerable

Also he is a major kick-back figure to the wokery, nacissistic compassion, faux outrage on behalf of others movement and does not pretend to accept the delusion that a man can be a woman etc

plus he is on Joe R0ogan a lot and dat helps

[Nicky91]

Originally Posted by LeatherTrumpet

JP's popularity is partly because he is both intellectual and vulnerable

Also he is a major kick-back figure to the wokery, nacissistic compassion, faux outrage on behalf of others movement and does not pretend to accept the delusion that a man can be a woman etc

plus he is on Joe R0ogan a lot and dat helps

Peterson is nothing more than a loser troll and nazi scum

[LeatherTrumpet]

Originally Posted by Nicky91

Peterson is nothing more than a loser troll and nazi scum

[The Slim Reaper]

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

He's got some questionable views on why men are violent as well and who should "fix" that. Seems like a very irresponsible opinion to send out there to women and seems like victim blaming/Incel type thinking

“Violent attacks are what happens when men do not have partners, Mr Peterson says, and society needs to work to make sure those men are married. ‘The cure for that is monogamy. That’s actually why monogamy emerges,’ [he says.] Enforced monogamy is, to him, simply a rational solution. Otherwise, women will only go for the most high-status men, he explains, and that couldn’t make either gender happy in the end.


“‘Half the men fail,’ he says, meaning they don’t procreate. ‘And no one cares about the men who fail.’

“I laugh, because it is absurd.

“‘You’re laughing about them,’ he says, giving me a disappointed look. ‘That’s because you’re female.’”

https://www.theguardian.com/fashion/...t-men-monogamy

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by The Slim Reaper

In this specific clip I don't think he's actually talking about literal god or hell... but I've seen a few recent similar clips of him where his speech style gets borderline dictatorial.


Salesmen of Pennsylvania!

Then also clips where he's in interviews getting himself tearful and upset over some of the questions being asked. I think what LT describes as his "vulnerability". I would counter that he's been completely derailed by infamy and is currently an absolute mess of contradictions. A ranting ball of internal contradictions. It must be incredibly stressful and it's starting to burst out at the seams.

[arista]

"Jordan's Unsubstantiated Opinion."


Look TS
he went through a bad patch
but he is back on form.



Ignore Slim
he only finds dirt

[Niamh.]

I haven't watched the video but I agree with the quotes in the OP about him. No doubt he's an interesting man and an intelligent one but I can never fully get behind him either or say I'm a fan of his

[arista]

Youtube video

This one boosted him.


Poor lass from Ch4News at 23mins or so
forgets what she is saying.

[Oliver_W]

Not to turn into a Contra shill but

Youtube video

Like she and some of her commenters say, and some people here, he has (had?) genuine value in getting disaffected young men into better habits and improving their lives; with the side-effect of having a "down the rabbit hole" effect when it comes to some of his other views.

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by Oliver_W

Not to turn into a Contra shill but

Youtube video

Like she and some of her commenters say, and some people here, he has (had?) genuine value in getting disaffected young men into better habits and improving their lives; with the side-effect of having a "down the rabbit hole" effect when it comes to some of his other views.

It's ultimately a bad path from the beginning as all of it promotes the idea of self-improvement for "social worthiness" rather than self improvement for self. Once you spark that idea it only goes one way - into the concept of "value", and the idea of "high value women" who are earned like prizes for increasing ones own social worthiness.

And of course it's all absolute BS so you end up with a bunch of already-angry 20-something year old lads, pumped up at the gym and half of them chock full of steroids, expecting to now be worthy but finding themselves enraged because all of it was snake oil to begin with. And the blame never goes where it belongs - to the peddlers of said snake oil - it goes squarely on the women.

[Oliver_W]

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

And of course it's all absolute BS so you end up with a bunch of already-angry 20-something year old lads, pumped up at the gym and half of them chock full of steroids, expecting to now be worthy but finding themselves enraged because all of it was snake oil to begin with. And the blame never goes where it belongs - to the peddlers of said snake oil - it goes squarely on the women.

If they tidy their room and pet cats when they see them, it'll all fall into place

I've not read his book, nor heard him speak (outside of contextless clips) in years, but I think (hope!) both of those "rules" are shorthand for bigger concepts, not entirely literal? In the same way that people who say "don't smile until Christmas" don't literally mean keep a straight face for three months, and nothing else

[MTVN]

So his three problems with Peterson are that he's apparently full of rage, he believes in repression of children, and that he's a Christian.

As for rage, most of what Peterson teaches and argues for is aimed at controlling rage not embracing it. I don't get this idea he's some sort of incel icon because all the problems with incels is the stuff he warns against - taking no accountability, always blaming others, never trying to better yourself, having toxic friendships etc. He tries to get people to lead their lives in a way whereby they don't succumb to rage or despair

Repression, well I don't know about that. Child psychology might not be his forte

On the final point, I think Peterson has talked about the killing done in Christianity's name before but yeah if you're anti-religious you probably won't like the fact that Christianity does influence him quite a lot

[Niamh.]

Originally Posted by MTVN

So his three problems with Peterson are that he's apparently full of rage, he believes in repression of children, and that he's a Christian.

As for rage, most of what Peterson teaches and argues for is aimed at controlling rage not embracing it. I don't get this idea he's some sort of incel icon because all the problems with incels is the stuff he warns against - taking no accountability, always blaming others, never trying to better yourself, having toxic friendships etc. He tries to get people to lead their lives in a way whereby they don't succumb to rage or despair

Repression, well I don't know about that. Child psychology might not be his forte

On the final point, I think Peterson has talked about the killing done in Christianity's name before but yeah if you're anti-religious you probably won't like the fact that Christianity does influence him quite a lot

I think that's what people are saying though that yes he's done good things for men on the one hand but he's also on the other made very questionable/could be interpreted as pretty incel like (and pushing responsibility for violent men on to women) statements too

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

So his three problems with Peterson are that he's apparently full of rage, he believes in repression of children, and that he's a Christian.

As for rage, most of what Peterson teaches and argues for is aimed at controlling rage not embracing it. I don't get this idea he's some sort of incel icon because all the problems with incels is the stuff he warns against - taking no accountability, always blaming others, never trying to better yourself, having toxic friendships etc. He tries to get people to lead their lives in a way whereby they don't succumb to rage or despair

Repression, well I don't know about that. Child psychology might not be his forte

On the final point, I think Peterson has talked about the killing done in Christianity's name before but yeah if you're anti-religious you probably won't like the fact that Christianity does influence him quite a lot

He's a redpill icon more than an incel icon, these concepts are similar but not identical; Redpill is all about the idea of "acceptance of reality" and control of that reality. The inherent problem is that it's a warped reality. You can see that in your description of what he's doing - "controlling rage rather than embracing it". Controlling rage is a form of embracing rage, it rests on the premise that the rage was inevitable and that the answer is to harness it... which is a completely unhealthy starting point, and doomed to failure from the outset. He can't even harness his own rage.

[MTVN]

Originally Posted by Niamh.

I think that's what people are saying though that yes he's done good things for men on the one hand but he's also on the other made very questionable/could be interpreted as pretty incel like (and pushing responsibility for violent men on to women)

I think he's possibly become a bit more extreme since being elevated to this celebrity status, I think the principles in 12 Rules for Life are pretty good though

Originally Posted by Soldier Boy

He's a redpill icon more than an incel icon, these concepts are similar but not identical; Redpill is all about the idea of "acceptance of reality" and control of that reality. The inherent problem is that it's a warped reality. You can see that in your description of what he's doing - "controlling rage rather than embracing it". Controlling rage is a form of embracing rage, it rests on the premise that the rage was inevitable and that the answer is to harness it... which is a completely unhealthy starting point, and doomed to failure from the outset. He can't even harness his own rage.

I thought when I was writing that that I was wording it badly. I didn't mean to 'control rage' as if it's some sort of inevitably, I meant more to take control of the other parts of your life to avoid rage entering it.

I certainly don't think treating rage as something to harness is healthy, that's very Sith like

[Soldier Boy]

Originally Posted by MTVN

I certainly don't think treating rage as something to harness is healthy, that's very Sith like

I've seen interviews where this is literally what he's describing... sith-style harnessing of "monstrosity" to use as a source of personal power . It's true though that these are his more recent things, he found a lot of fame (and likely a lot of money) leaning into the parts of it that resonate with that community.