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Peterson is calmly interviewed by a skeptic. "It's not political. It's psychological."

Posted by The News Junkie in The Culture, "Culture," Pop Culture and Recreation at 14:48 | Comments (5) | Trackbacks (0)

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But did Peterson DESTROY him? I'm not going to watch to see this one weird trick, even if Number 3 will make my jaw drop.

#1 Jerryskids on 2018-09-27 17:34 (Reply)

I have followed a lot of Peterson's work.

This interview is a typical short-form interview where the host has a set of questions to move through with little flexibility to responses.

There were quite a few interruptions of Peterson and shifts from one topic to another with almost no transition.

There was also a lot of "Wouldn't you say?" - almost identical to "So what you are saying is?".

Lots of edits too and condescending tones.

With the exchange starting at about 14:50, he sits through bullcrap and then does destroy the host at about 16:10. A nice rebuttal!

"You seem so brittle and thin skinned." -- wow! (The topic was social media responses.)

A frustrating experience. For example ~"I didn't say that society was 'overly feminized'. So if we are going to discuss my words, we should use the words I actually used."

#2 _jon on 2018-09-27 19:04 (Reply)

"if we are going to discuss my words, we should use the words I actually used"--how unfair and insensitive to the thin-skinned reporter! Typical white patriarchy move.

#2.1 Texan99 on 2018-09-28 15:33 (Reply)

I sent his book to my left wing daughter. She, for example, refuses to read Stephen Pinker's "The Blank Slate" and insists on believing Stephen Jay Gould's behaviorist theories, which Pinker refutes.

She loved the book, surprising me a bit. Maybe she has grown up more.

#3 Mike K (Link) on 2018-09-27 19:27 (Reply)

Excellent video, but the arrogance of the interviewer, as one who is 'on the right side' looking down at all those 'buffoons' who see some value in DJ is rather appalling.

Interestingly, as an atheist, I do agree with Peterson. Religions tales and mythology are a form of community knowledge, the results, often, of many centuries of human experience. Culture shapes them, and they shape culture (the existence of the gods referenced is not material to the function of the tradition). Other successful cultures have been built on other traditions.... but in each case, tradition served as a kind of compass. If you throw out the culture, the society associated with it collapses.

There is an old saying, 'never tear down a fence til you know why it was put up'. The progressives are so intent on tearing down but refuse to learn from history

#4 jay on 2018-09-28 09:47 (Reply)

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