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Friday, May 4. 2018

More on Peterson

More from that Esquire article, via Thompson:



 Peterson is an apologist for a set of beliefs that we once took for granted but now require an articulate defence, such as: Free speech is an essential value; perfect equality inevitably conflicts with individual freedom; one should be cautious before attempting to reengineer social institutions that appear to be working; men and women are, in certain quantifiable respects, different. His life advice concerns the necessity to defer gratification, face up to the trials of life with equanimity, take responsibility for one’s own choices, and struggle against the temptation to grow resentful. How such traditional values came to be portrayed as a danger adjacent to Nazism is one of the puzzles of our time.


Posted by The News Junkie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:16 | Comments (3) | Trackbacks (0)

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Because, y’no, a lot of that stuff is, like hard, y’no?
#1 Oldav8r on 2018-05-04 23:43 (Reply)
Why is this a puzzle? The only elephant in this room is the lunacy from the left that the mainstream media has accepted as fact for a generation. There is nothing Nazi-like about this message.

The Nazi tactics are firmly from the left: "be silent or we will destroy you!!!"
#2 Dangerous Dean on 2018-05-05 10:37 (Reply)
One important thing Peterson is saying is that the secular humanism that dominates our culture is not working. Human beings need universal truths and a source for them outside themselves. Human reason is not sufficient to sort out the great moral questions. Look at baby Alfie. It makes perfect sense, it is "reasonable" for the Brit NHS to deny life-saving care to that critically ill child because they need to husband their resources and there will be less to care for other children if that child's unique illness were treated. So he must die. But it is a moral offense as everyone recognizes.
#3 lhfry on 2018-05-06 07:12 (Reply)

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