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Post by 40oz on Jan 31, 2018 9:03:54 GMT -5
Jordan Peterson, the guy who has been fighting on the frontline to prevent changes to legislation that would enable identity politics in the Canadian government came out with a new book called 12 Rules for Life. He was interviewed by Cathy Newman on Channel 4 News to talk about it, and it's quite a hilarious interview. She put up a pretty strong fight trying to misrepresent his message to suggest he's against gender equality, that the transgender movement will be pivotal for the future deaths of billions of people, and that he's just a provocateur of hateful intolerance. Jordan kept it together and handled it very well, shutting down her attempts to twist his words at every turn.
Nice work Jordan!
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 9:58:19 GMT -5
Long video but thou praise has convinced me to watch in full. I've heard of this guy once before but this is my first time actually hearing him (and likely the last).
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Post by 40oz on Jan 31, 2018 10:56:57 GMT -5
It's probably a little boring if you don't know what he's all about.
You're probably pretty familiar with how divided everything is with politics lately. People in the media are pushing for more diversity, equality and fairness in workplaces, in the economy, and in life in general are associated with being with the progressive left. Some years ago, there was a law that was going to be passed in Canada that should someone not acknowledge the gender another identifies as, they can be fined or possibly put in jail for it. Most people see this law as a giant leap for social and economic equality.
Jordan Petersen became pretty well-known recently because he's very familiar with interpretting the legal language of the law, and he opposes this bill. As he understands it, people who are being oppressed and misrepresented can and will use it for good, but it also enables the opportunity for non-oppressed social groups to willingly "identify" as a an oppressed social group and be granted the power to call the police and have people sent to jail at will, because what you identify as and what you're offended by can't really be scientifically tested.
So he's been making the argument that this bill is very short-sighted and very dangerous to everyone, including oppressed social groups. As a result he's been taking some heavy heat on social media for it. Many of the radical left speakers make claims that he's transphobic and racist and wants to keep underprivileged people oppressed for his own personal gains. However he's been working very hard to be as informed about these topics as possible and explain that these issues are way more complicated than people believe them to be and it needs to be handled very delicately.
Watching him fight off these accusations is fascinating because it reveals a lot of the debate tactics that radical left people will use to get people's attention, and in this interview you often hear Cathy start her rebuttals with "So what you're saying is..." then proceed to simplify his statements and quotes in the book in a manner that sounds like what we would expect a chauvenistic and intolerant person to say.
What's impressive about this video is that usually when people are put in a position that they have to backpedal and defend themselves from such an accusation, most people listening will already be inclined not to like the person, but Jordan Petersen doesn't get defensive and remains completely composed and armed with scientific and historical examples to back up what he is saying in his book.
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Post by Deleted on Jan 31, 2018 11:15:39 GMT -5
This was so satisfying and inspiring to watch! The way he quickly organizes his thoughts and resists misinterpretation of his words is just beautiful.
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Post by deathevokation on Feb 1, 2018 11:39:32 GMT -5
Damn it, that "your right to freespeech vs my right to not get offended" talking point.. doesn't sound ominous at all, haha. The footage is even more impressive when you watch this; btw.. if you want to pick up on the conversation they're having beyond that which is outright said then I highly recommend it.. On another note it's a pity that after this interview, instead of being able to take criticism (which she has no problem dishing out) and admitting she didn't come off well in the interview, she does the #1 cowardly feminist tactic and runs to twitter to play victim of "targeted harassment" by crying wolf and lying about death threats.. calling any criticism "hateful" (and everyone must just listen and believe!)... if you don't want to be scrutinized by the public, then maybe get off the public stage and don't become a public figure and don't interview a well known advocate for an ideology.. and definitely don't try alienate a good portion of his audience? I mean, doing a hitpiece interview where you also try demonize and deliberately misrepresent someone's viewership is all good and well.. but it's harassment when a few call you on it, if you don't want someone's opinion on you, then why do you pull them in a conversation and deliberately represent them poorly in the first place? ![](https://i.imgur.com/9dvP2gP.jpg)
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