I'm roaring with the laughter of recognition.
Delightful review of #JordanPeterson's lecture on "Identity Politics and the Marxist Lie of White Privilege." Which I watched when it came out. It was hilarious. But not nearly as hilarious as this review! 1/
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Delightful review of #JordanPeterson's lecture on "Identity Politics and the Marxist Lie of White Privilege." Which I watched when it came out. It was hilarious. But not nearly as hilarious as this review! 1/
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LOL "I was saddened to learn of Peterson’s tragic sexual pathology: he is unable to achieve orgasm except when thinking of women as sharing a robotic hive-mind, biologically programmed to find specific traits attractive. He can’t go more than a few pages without relapsing." 2/
"Nor do I want to think about his hideous vision of the world, where lobster-men square off against each other so the female will ‘identify the top guy quickly, become irresistibly attracted’ and ‘disrobe, shedding her shell, making herself soft, vulnerable, ready to mate’." 3/
These are quotes from the intro, and are about *12 Rules for Life.* Here are choice parts from the review of the lecture on Marxism and white privilege. 4/
"Peterson is oblivious to the social circumstances that allow him to be congratulated for his untutored babblings, where a different sort of person would be rightfully sneered off the stage; his lecture is a lesson on privilege alright, though not in the way he thinks it is." 5/
1848. It's a VERY BIG year. If you want to sound informed about European history and philosophy, don't get 1848 wrong.
"Let’s not pass by the fact that #JordanPeterson doesn’t know when the Communist Manifesto was written. He says ‘1880 or 1890, whenever Marx wrote it.’" 7/
"Let’s not pass by the fact that #JordanPeterson doesn’t know when the Communist Manifesto was written. He says ‘1880 or 1890, whenever Marx wrote it.’" 7/
The Communist Manifesto: "Marx and Engels published it in 1848: a year that nobody remotely familiar with modern European history is likely to overlook. Marx was, of course, dead by 1883."
ZING!
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ZING!
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Oh, can't pass up this simple yet beautiful Derrida joke (which #JordanPeterson is unlikely to get because he hasn't read Derrida):
"A spectre is haunting Peterson’s commentary on postmodernism — the spectre of bullshit." 9/
"A spectre is haunting Peterson’s commentary on postmodernism — the spectre of bullshit." 9/
"It is undignified to participate in such colossally transparent intellectual fraud, cheering ‘well caught, sir!’ at a man whose lectures are one long insult to his audience’s intelligence. JP’s acolytes will sooner or later have to choose between their pride & their dignity."10/
There's much more detail about Peterson's misreadings (to the degree that he's actually read stuff) and blatant misconceptions in this piece. Go read it! 11/
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