spadufI Fell Down the Alt-Right Rabbit Hole. Eventually, I Climbed My Way Out.
stanleytweedleI watched 30m of a Peterson lecture a co-worker recommended to me. It kind of opened my eyes. Peterson is basically a ‘motivational speaker’ that presents himself as an academic well enough to fool people that only understand academic aesthetics. He doesn’t even try to back up his claims or references, he just makes wildly abstract and generalized claims about human civilization and draws analogies that support that perspective. They sound right enough to people that want to believe that there is an expression of their culture that is inherently ‘good’ and all of civilization’s problems are based on corruptions of that culture. But in the minds of his fans he’s offering ‘proof’ of this perspective by appearing academic, even though he offers none.
Hot SaucermanThis shines brightly in his “debate” with Slavoj Zizek
I wish Zizek had went harder on that fool.
As far as I’m concerned Zizek went the right amount of hard, considering how effortlessly, utterly, and thoroughly he dunked on Peterson without Peterson ever having any idea what had happened.
In no way was that fair play. That was the rudest thing I’ve ever seen done to a person and personally applauded. I love Zizek.
Peterson left that debate believing discourse had happened and that’s just hilarious.