Jordan Peterson learns that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences

https://lemmy.ca/post/4381093

Jordan Peterson learns that freedom of speech is not freedom from consequences - Lemmy.ca

I’m sharing this article because it changed my perception of Jordan Peterson, and exposed him as intellectually dishonest at best and more likely a fraud artist. Starting with essentially his dissertation. It is a long read but it is incredibly well researched and written:

currentaffairs.org/…/the-intellectual-we-deserve

The Intellectual We Deserve ❧ Current Affairs

<p>Jordan Peterson’s popularity is the sign of a deeply impoverished political and intellectual landscape… </p>

Current Affairs
One more reason to hate the education system of rating stuff according to how lengthy it is.
I don’t think it has anything to do with the education system. It’s simply that the commitment involved in the request is much higher than normal. I don’t read every 50-page article or 2-hour video I come across. But I can be compelled to when the value proposition is higher than normal.

I think my comment was misunderstood: it was kind of a half-joke about Peterson’s writing.

Everyone learned to make their concept as long as possible in school because they were better-received, and that’s what Peterson is doing: talking in the most convoluted way possible to make his otherwise bland ideas feel smart.