The funny thing about the "Jordan Peterson" meme is that his memehood was facilitated by the mass media, and the internet supervenes on his presence rather than the other way round. This makes him not just a cybercultural icon, but a figure that politicians can engage with. As a meme, then, he is powerful, or at least reflects the growing power of Veeky Forums's branches of perspective. In this way, he is more potent a meme than the similar "Slavoj Zizek", since he reflects a growing political movement rather than a static (if subverted) school of critique. He provides a semi-articulate mouthpiece for the unarticulated rage that writhes within anonymous. The insipidity of his views, further, is perfect for the projection of one's own hopes and fears, primal emotions (on which memes feed), and his voice is perfect for entertaining a veneer of sincerity.
The funny thing about the "Jordan Peterson" meme is that his memehood was facilitated by the mass media...
He looks pretty sad there my dude
yes like u
nice dubdubs though
>needing a father figure because yours wasn't there.
How revealing.
>semi-articulate mouthpiece for the unarticulated rage that writhes within anonymous
Semi-articulate indeed. Can anyone even say what he stands for politically, except for muh freedom of speech?
did u read the post senpai
He just found out that the world wants to move away from racial superiority meme Hitler was on about.
Not having a father figure in your life is unfortunately quite common in the modern day.
My girlfriend's mom (conservative Republican) overheard him on Tucker Carlson last night and was like "What the hell is this guy talking about? He sounds like an idiot."
This is kind of kooky, but stay with me, but I think if you like Jordan Peterson, then you more than likely were a fan of Patrice Oneal in the early 2000s because Patrice planted the seeds in your head that Peterson grew. This is because Patrices' entire cult following was based around instinctual lessons that Peterson simply gives an intellectual voice to, and that is to always tell the truth and to never anyone stop you from doing so.
>"Peterson is a far right nazi racist!"
>"Peterson is just a self help guru!"
>"Peterson is a cult leader!"
>"Peterson has a patreon account!"
>"Peterson is just a fill in father figure for people!"
>"Peterson is [insert character assassination]!"
every left wing nonargument against Peterson in every thread
>hurr anyone who criticize my guru is a leftycuck
fuck off partisan brainlet
>proving my point
>projecting
Why are you responding to me with that list?
meant to respond to the person you were responding to and I fucked up
What point you retard, that your guru is getting called a guru? Good job on noticing this faggot
alright
>no argument
>repeating himself
>angry and lashing out instead of articulating any actual point
Youre projecting your own shitty relationship with your dad onto others user. Its not your fault
thoughts?
/pol/ recently accused him of being communist and marxist(as well as satanist) because he collects soviet art and has pictures of him wearing various spooky masks
I know, and right above you, the left is accusing him of secretly being a nazi. Its lunacy.
>hurr everyone arguing with me is the same person
I didn't mentionned anything about Peterson being a daddy figure you brainwashed zealot.
When it comes to that picture i posted i'm not 100% sure it's lefty stuff, it might be falseflag.
>because he collects soviet art
fun fact: Ronnie Dunn (the country singer who sings 'Boot Scootin Boogie') has one of the largest collections of socialist realism art in America, and has opened museums dedicated to the artform, even displaying those in his own collection
Yeah man it's amost as if all the people shitting on Peterson were not just one group having the same opinion on everything
You said he was a guru, which was one of the non arguments I listed out.
wasn´t he in a socialist party?
>really liked Orwell as a kid
>become a similar sort of libertarian socialist like Orwell as a teen
>gets involved with the Canadian socialist party
>doesnt like them. Sees them as just bitter middle class assholes who just hate the rich, not love the working class. In fact, they hate the working class to.
>becomes disillusioned with them and quits
This is what happend iirc
>every thread
>hating a father figure because yours was a meanie
Lmao
Guru is a slender, it is not meant to be an argument. If you were not on your periods you would have adress my point, which was that not only leftycucks critic your guru, and the fact that some of the critic you read contradict each other just mean that those critics are coming from different camps, hence why you can here he is a liberal cuck (he is) or that he is a nazi (he is not tho he panders to kekfags so I can see why leftycucks would call him that).
Now adress , you must be happy it's not on your list
Dumb liberal blog shit.
Actual criticism of the man is fairly simple. He's a psuedo-intellect. Analytical but fails to be critical of his own theology. Stems his views based on those theological views.
A crackhead.
JP makes a lot of people mad, this is one of the things that makes him great.
>Stems his views based on those theological views
At the contrary, his theology is just his views shoehorned into christianity.
Youre just upset that he isnt a paranoid racist though. And again, you proved my point that you have no real argument against him
Post your Peterson memes please, my folder is lacking in size.
>not adressing any of my point
great job bucko
I'm not a racist, my problem with this guy is that he merely implie thing without taking position on anything that is a matter of opinion.
For exemple, there is an interview of him on sexual harassment at work. He throws some facts around, but never does he takes a stance.
Another exemple, on immigration. He talks a bit about it, he explains the psychological implications of being for or against immigration, but he doesn't take a position.
And this, by the way, wouldn't even be a problem if he was not heavily implying having a stance on things, hence why his fans thinks he is on their camps, tho he wouldn't go as far as risking having an opinion.
Back to the sexual harassment interview, he ask why to women put makup on at work and says makup is made to be sexually appealing.
If you jump to conclusion you will think he is against women having makup on the workplace, but if you pay attention he doesn't dare to give his opinion of the subject.
This way he can have it both: his fans thinks he is in their camp politically, and he is immune to critics because there is virtually nothing to critic.
I am addressing the point though, Im just not allowing you to move the goalpost after I called you out.
>without taking position on anything
because these problems are complicated and it takes some thinking about rather than rushing into an emotional and stubborn position on certain topics. Hes an intellectual. Hes going to think something through
I still don't know who the fuck he is or why I should care
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pls respond to my theory guys.
>The entire OP
Why people are so obsessed with clean your room guy or Mr snuffle I have no idea
Your theory reads like that Harry Potter copypasta from /tv/, at least the first part.
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peterson threads on /pol are heavily populated by lefty shills larping as nazis making them a shitfest. i remember the comfyness of the early peterson threads where people just discussed his message in a civilized matter and did funny memes.
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Since we're discussing parental figures, I'll ask my fellow Veeky Forumstorians for assistance.
My parents are divorced, and I just found out that my father has been falsifying his income in order to pay less in child support. He made around 250K, declared it as 75K, and then paid dramatically less. My father used to be a role model for me, but now I'm stuck with nothing but seething contempt for the man. My mother already knows, and can't sue due to our economic standing, as well as the fact that she's been diagnosed with a brain tumor. I have never felt so utterly betrayed and I'm not sure what the best way to deal with my emotions is. Don't say getting laid, I already did that and it didn't help.
How old are you now
If he can’t see you why should he pay more than he already did
I'm 20, in university.
YOU FUCKER THAT WAS MY TRIPS
also you American or European
If American then why not pull yourself up from your bootstraps
If european then lmao student loans
Lol sorry, it's not really about the money, it's more that someone I deeply respect would do something so cowardly.
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Only when he has to put up with shitposting
I saw Jordan Peterson at a grocery store in Toronto yesterday. I told him how cool it was to meet him in person, but I didn’t want to be a douche and bother him and ask him for archetypes or self-fulfillment or anything.
He said, “Oh, like you’re doing now?”
I was taken aback, and all I could say was “Huh?” but he kept cutting me off and going “huh? huh? huh?” and closing his hand shut in front of my face. I walked away and continued with my shopping, and I heard him chuckle as I walked off. When I came to pay for my stuff up front I saw him trying to walk out the doors with like fifteen lobsters in his hands without paying.
The girl at the counter was very nice about it and professional, and was like “Sir, you need to pay for those first.” At first he kept pretending to be communist and wanted them for free,, but eventually turned back around and brought them to the counter.
When she took one of the crustaceans and started scanning it multiple times, he stopped her and told her to scan them each individually “to prevent any electrical infetterence,” and then turned around and winked at me. I don’t even think that’s a word. After she scanned each lobster and put them in a bag and started to say the price, he kept interrupting her by loudly telling her to sort herself out.
Suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuure
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Twitter makes an asshat of everyone
lurk moar newfag
hes talked a lot about how he has depression and shit
He should talk more about alcoholism, but he seems to shun away from it other than his study that alcoholics get a stimulant response from drinking (I know I do).
Way to literally immediately prove that guy’s point.
Green texts are almost always retarded
Fucking Peterson fans are brain dead I swear.
plz learn to lurk, this is not your playground