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Jordan Peterson Is Not Coming To Save You
Stop idolizing celebrities and influencers
Some people will tell you he’s an intellectual giant but spend a couple of minutes watching him try to explain his issue with the climate change conversation and you quickly realize he’s not that bright. He shot to fame because he protested a bill that apparently would force public servants to face a fine or jail time if they didn’t use preferred pronouns.
And since then he’s grown into his role as a self-help guru for confused men the world over. If you want real-life advice, don’t look to his book 12 Rules for Life. He offers such wisdom as make your bed and stand up straight. I feel fairly confident you’d find better, wiser advice in Baz Luhrmann’s “Everybody’s Free To Wear Sunscreen”.
So, is he a bumbling moron? Is he a greedy hack? We can’t look inside of him to provide that answer, but we can look at his body of work to highlight his inability to save you. He’s a man who very many waffles what sounds like an intellectual conversation but is actually just twaddle.
Bill C-16
Let’s go back to the start — or at least the start of Peterson’s public-facing life. This bill was simply an addition to Canada’s current Human Rights Act. It was a bid to extend protections so, it would be illegal to…
