{"id":1563,"date":"2018-05-30T11:45:18","date_gmt":"2018-05-30T11:45:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1563"},"modified":"2025-09-29T17:11:03","modified_gmt":"2025-09-29T17:11:03","slug":"the-vile-attacks-on-psychologist-jordan-peterson","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tomfarandasfolly.com\/?p=1563","title":{"rendered":"The vile attacks on psychologist Jordan Peterson"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I should say the wildly popular Jordan Peterson who offers the most basic advice on taking responsibility, being honest, treating people fairly, but in an interesting and angular way which is not<\/span><\/strong> from a religious point of view.<\/p>\n

So for his troubles, he get attacked by truly dishonest know-nothings in newspapers like<\/p>\n

the NY Times – Jordan Peterson, Custodian of the Patriarchy He says there\u2019s a crisis in masculinity. Why won\u2019t women \u2014 all these wives and witches \u2014 just behave?<\/a><\/p>\n

and the Guardian UK – Sorry, Jordan Peterson: rage isn\u2019t a great look for a self-help guru <\/a><\/p>\n

Really despicable stuff – accused of anti-semitism, racism, misogyny – all total BS. Would have been nice if the authors of these screeds had actually read his huge bestseller (which I did read) 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos<\/a> . After 4 months it's still high up on the amazon sales list – currently #7. Or given the vast # of youtube videos of Peterson, if they'd have given them a serious look. It was my 24 year old, Joe, who put me on to Peterson.<\/p>\n

Here's a good article by David French –<\/p>\n

Rarely in my life have I read a more hostile or vicious takedown of a public figure than last week\u2019s New York Times profile of Canadian author and psychologist Jordan Peterson. … Few public figures inspire more vitriol and mockery on Twitter than, you guessed it, Jordan Peterson. And never before have I seen vitriol so out of proportion to the \u201cthreat\u201d of the man\u2019s underlying message. I don\u2019t claim to be an expert on everything the man\u2019s said, but I read and reviewed his most recent book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote for Chaos, and I\u2019ve watched many of his most popular YouTube videos \u2014 and the contrast between the actual content of his message and the rage and mockery it elicits never fails to surprise me.<\/a><\/p>\n

And here – in three minutes -he answers one of the charges against him – that he believes in "enforced monogamy" for women –<\/p>\n

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