Mini-Decoding: The Descent of Jordan B. Peterson
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Decoding the Gurus
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We take a look at a recent conversation between Jordan Peterson and the streamer Steven Bonnell (AKA Destiny) and use the opportunity to reflect on Jordan's journey as a public intellectual and guru.
We consider how his stances have changed, whether he is more extreme now than when he emerged or if it is just his presentation style that has shifted. Along the way, we look at his demon-infested understanding of the COVID-19 vaccines, his climate change denialism, and address the unresolved question of the ages: Were the Nazis actually right-wing?
Links
- Jordan Peterson Podcast: Streaming, Politics, & Philosophy | @destiny | EP 433
- Video of Jordan Peterson on climate change and climate policy at the Cambridge Union
- Historian specialising on the Nazis article in Haaretz: Exposing Jordan Peterson’s Barrage of Revisionist Falsehoods About Hitler, the Holocaust and Nazism
- The Nazis were not right-wing meme
- Snopes article on whether the Nazis were socialists
- Reuters: Fact Check: No evidence to link UK excess deaths to COVID-19 vaccines
- Jordan Peterson is Back! - Bret Weinstein's DarkHorse Podcast
- The Guardian: Jordan Peterson’s ‘zombie’ climate contrarianism follows a well-worn path
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