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Louie on 23 May 2018
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Tulipanzo said:

You're trying to make it sound like Jordan Peterson has a large following because of his philosophy and PTSD work, and now suggest that "enforced monogamy", a point you have repeatedly ignored despite numerous replies, is "politically not correct", rather than just ample evidence to dismiss a loon. 
At least have the courage to stand up for the stuff you believe in without hiding.

Finally, you are making the same exact excuses for Dave Rubin that the article you linked to warns his fans and himself make for themselves, which is such an hilarious own goal I don't know what is.
That, and you now have to resort to a screenshot of a former version of an article which still doesn't claim what you say it claims. If this is supposed to make me feel bad for him, well it sure isn't working.

You are right, I should have addressed that: I don't agree with his idea of enforced monogamy making men less violent. I think it's a stupid idea and would be strongly against it. That doesn't mean he's a loon, though. It means he's said something stupid / wrong and other things that are correct. And I'm sure Peterson has a large following because of his work as he had a following before the political controversy regarding him - he just got way more popular afterwards because he is now in the spotlight. 

Bad journalism by a reputable magazine is simply that: Bad. I don't have to resort to anything, I was referring to the original version of the article all along and the article does strongly suggest that Rubin is a leader of the alt-right movement, just look at the screenshot. If I put a picture of your face next to that article and text, everyone would assume you are a leader of the alt-right movement. This article claimed lots of stuff that simply isn't true. I gave you the evidence, you dismissed it - so I guess we disagree on it. I don't even know what you are suggesting I apparently believe in, enforced monogamy? You are doing the exact same thing I was criticising in my original response to you: Rapidly putting people into an "extremist" corner without enough evidence. But I guess that's highly dependent on where one stands politically.

So let's keep it at this: We agree to disagree and part our ways. Because we can keep replying to each other for dozens of posts and it's not gonna get us anywhere. Originally, I just wanted to point out that Peterson does a lot of good stuff, too and was labeled "extremist" too quickly. It was not my intention to get into an hour-long discussion and I'm sure there are many people out there who actually do deserve the label extremist, alt-right, radical left, etc. It was an interesting discussion, anyways - I appreciate it and I appreciate you actually read the article I was talking about regarding Dave Rubin.