The news cycle moves at an incomprehensible speed these days, so perhaps you might have missed when noted Canadian psychologist and cultural pontificator Jordan Peterson shared his opinion on the latest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Edition cover. Peterson promptly announced his intention to leave Twitter forever following the backlash from this tweet. He hasn’t left Twitter as of this writing and we shall see if follows through. If you aren’t familiar with his work, Dr. Jordan B. Peterson is notable for being arguably the second most influential member of the intellectual dark web, following professional “dude who is just asking questions'' - Joe Rogan. Peterson started out as a charismatic professor of psychology at Harvard and later the University of Toronto. He entered the public stage when he decided to
Fear is the worst emotion when speaking of race, beauty and the right of all people to live in harmony with one another... Most racist look for ways to divide and conquer because they fear being outnumbered and will do to them what the unfortunate and minorities have had to endure... True beauty comes from the inside and what may be beautiful to some may not be beautiful to others... Usually full figured women are ignored and put down, minorities are considered less than human and are not entitled to what others have ... Fear comes into play when racist think others are going to surpass them in some way and they will be left behind or exterminated... Karma scares most of them, because what goes around will come back to bite you in the ass... We are one!! Solidarity Forever!! "Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. WE ALL BREATHE THE SAME AIR... We all cherish our children's future and we are all mortal." - John F. Kennedy
as usual, your clarity helps me with mine. it's helpful to keep clear on this idea. the right IS against choice, over birth, appearance, opportunity, pathways to success and safety, they are against equal opportunity for women and people of color, against protecting the planet, on and on. they really don't want trans people to feel ok. but overarching the particular choices they're against is the idea of choice itself, as long as they are not in charge of the options for choosing. choice itself implies an element of freedom they prefer to keep out of the hands of people who want things different from what they want. they want the power to create the cultural space they feel liberals have hogged for decades (without mentioning that cultural space isn't the same thing as food on the table and protection from police.)
Fear is the worst emotion when speaking of race, beauty and the right of all people to live in harmony with one another... Most racist look for ways to divide and conquer because they fear being outnumbered and will do to them what the unfortunate and minorities have had to endure... True beauty comes from the inside and what may be beautiful to some may not be beautiful to others... Usually full figured women are ignored and put down, minorities are considered less than human and are not entitled to what others have ... Fear comes into play when racist think others are going to surpass them in some way and they will be left behind or exterminated... Karma scares most of them, because what goes around will come back to bite you in the ass... We are one!! Solidarity Forever!! "Our most basic common link is that we all inhabit this planet. WE ALL BREATHE THE SAME AIR... We all cherish our children's future and we are all mortal." - John F. Kennedy
as usual, your clarity helps me with mine. it's helpful to keep clear on this idea. the right IS against choice, over birth, appearance, opportunity, pathways to success and safety, they are against equal opportunity for women and people of color, against protecting the planet, on and on. they really don't want trans people to feel ok. but overarching the particular choices they're against is the idea of choice itself, as long as they are not in charge of the options for choosing. choice itself implies an element of freedom they prefer to keep out of the hands of people who want things different from what they want. they want the power to create the cultural space they feel liberals have hogged for decades (without mentioning that cultural space isn't the same thing as food on the table and protection from police.)