- SudoDnfDashY ( @SudoDnfDashY@lemmy.ml ) 11•2 years ago
As someone who hides in a corner and blames “Postmodernists” and “Neomarxists” for whenever he is criticized (he doesn’t know what those words mean), this is pretty rich lol.
- sudojonz ( @sudojonz@lemmygrad.ml ) 9•2 years ago
Seriously, this guy is the epitome of a postmodern sophist. Really have no idea how he can live inside his own head under the weight of his own contradictory word salads.
- Jonah ( @jonahhw@lemmy.ml ) 8•2 years ago
That’s rich coming from the guy who unironically said “Up yours, woke moralists. We’ll see who cancels who.”
- thervingi ( @thervingi@lemmy.ml ) 5•2 years ago
I like Jordan Peterson, not because I agree with him, but because he is willing to challenge the consensus and take flak for it. I think his ideas on religion are crazy.
- Gaywallet (they/it) ( @Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) 6•2 years ago
I find this outlook curious. Do you find a homeless person yelling at strangers on the street similarly likeable? What if it’s a politician preaching a hateful dogma? Does simply challenging the status quo, regardless of the harm caused, warrant praise?
- Stoned_Ape ( @Stoned_Ape@lemmy.ml ) 4•2 years ago
Are you suggesting that weeping for any reason is always “fragile”?
I am suggesting that this dude is drug addicted while talking about not trying to change the world before you have cleaned in your own house.
- Stoned_Ape ( @Stoned_Ape@lemmy.ml ) 4•2 years ago
I guess you’re taking that sentence of him literally, as sadly most people who criticize do it. Also, you seem to think that taking medication for your illnesses is literally the same as being being a drug addict.
- Gaywallet (they/it) ( @Gaywallet@beehaw.org ) 9•2 years ago
It may have started as taking medication for illness, but he went to rehab for a benzo addiction (xanax if I remember correctly). Benzos are notoriously difficult to wean off of, a true addiction almost necessitates medical professionals to help you taper off, because it can kill you if you get off them too quickly.
Anyone who criticizes anyone else for being addicted to drugs is someone who doesn’t understand how addiction works. This guy is a fucking shitbag and deserves to be made fun of for spreading an insidious and malicious message, but that has nothing to do with his addiction.
- Stoned_Ape ( @Stoned_Ape@lemmy.ml ) 2•2 years ago
I was a heroin addict 20 years ago. I do criticize others for being addicted, because people do understand when it happens what happens, as it was for me. But I also want to help them, of course.
We’re all just human beings. Though, I have to say that lately, Jordan Peterson might succumb to the personality cult that people are building around him. Would be a shame.