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Wednesday, May 2. 2018

"Get yourself together."


A comment on Esquire's complimentary article about Prof. Peterson: Jordan Peterson’s Call To Adventure: Why A Canadian Psychologist Is Becoming A Well-Known Figure In America


He's right. Peterson is a (mostly secular) pastor with a dark message (Life is suffering, a hard thing to do) and a challenge to life adventure (Fight chaos, Be the best you can be, Don't make things worse, etc.).  Like a good preacher, he brings truisms and even banalities back to life in a useful and, for many, inspirational way. He rights the ship in a crazy world.


Besides that, he's smarter and more articulate than any of us. God bless him.

Posted by The News Junkie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 17:23 | Comments (4) | Trackbacks (0)

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I've read some of what Jordan Peterson is saying but have not read any of his books. What I have read of him seems to make common sense to me.

I have noticed that Vox Day (I'm sure you know who HE is) has been ranting and raving about how Jordan is intellectually dishonest, a light weight, etc, etc. for reasons that are not entirely clear to me other than Vox has objected to some things Jordan has said about the Jews. Vox is really letting himself get wound around the axil on this.
#1 Abelard Lindsey on 2018-05-02 17:30 (Reply)
Was going to bring up Vox Day myself.
#1.1 David on 2018-05-02 22:01 (Reply)
His "12 Rules" book is more practical advice than I can remember reading in many years.
#2 Texan99 on 2018-05-03 12:37 (Reply)
I've read a little of Vox Day, but not about Peterson, and I don't anticipate reading any more from him.
#3 Sam L. on 2018-05-03 15:45 (Reply)

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