Reaction: Jordan B Peterson Vs. Michael Eric Dyson MUNK Debate

YouTube ^ | 18 May 2018 | Chidi Dillibe

[Steely Tom]

I had never heard of Chidi Dillibe before I saw this, and I was so impressed by his thought process, his delivery, and his take on the cringeworthy debate between Jordan Peterson and Michael Eric Dyson.

This debate, which was posted on YouTube on 18 May 2018, is more than two hours long, and Mr. Dillibe has done a great service by watching the whole thing and distilling its essence down into a short video.

Mr. Dillibe has (in my view) promising potential as an African-American Conservative, and may go far.

[TBP]

Dyson is a racist and an idiot.

[ClearCase_guy]

Dyson really has that special speech pattern down, where he is explicitly majestic, and brilliant and mellifluous and authentic. He just loves the wonderful sound of his own words. I guess he doesn’t realize that he sounds like a moron.

[Steely Tom]

Dyson is a racist and an idiot.

That line of reasoning isn't going to change many minds or win over any converts.

[Steely Tom]

Chidi Dillibe is saying that there's something else going on, and that something is envy and an attempt to compensate for "something."

Mr. Dillibe is too discrete to say what that "something" might be, but if you listen to his video I think you will agree that the "something" is called "intellectual inadequacy."

[joshua c]

Political Correctness:

Tyranny wrapped in a cloak of common decency

[TBP]

It’s only the truth.

[HombreSecreto]

Dyson’s argument style has been accurately described as “word salad with B.S. dressing.”

[Cletus.D.Yokel]

Hey! I want my click back!

I came here wondering what was controversial about Tony Shaloob.

[Cecily]

Dyson, Tavis Smiley, Obozo, Ta-Nisi Coates, Cornel West, et al. have got nothing on the master of mellifluous speech which communicates absolutely nothing, Oswald Bates.

[khelus]

the survey at the end of the debate:

https://www.munkdebates.com/The-Debates/Political-Correctness

It’s part way down the page

[Steely Tom]

It’s only the truth.

E = mc² is also the truth, but just stating the equation it doesn't help anyone understand why it's the truth.

[khelus]

re Dyson is a racist and an idiot.

Byson is a bloviating fool who is likely a product of the quota system. He demonstrates the use of word salad and personal attacks as a substitute for reason, logic and facts

[Behind the Blue Wall]

Yeah, he’s a master at sound really great while saying nothing whatsoever of substance.

[robroys woman]

I watched it on YouTube a while back. The comments section says it all. Dyson got owned. Nothin’ but Mr. Word salad.

[robroys woman]

Yup. Dyson used a lot of ten dollar words eloquently strung together to say - nothing.

[PapaBear3625]

Political correctness is the assertion that people who the Left label as "privileged" have a duty to avoid offending people who the Left designates as being in "protected groups".

The whole debate dances around an unspoken question: "Why do I need to care about not offending you?"

What if people start deciding that, no, minorities do NOT have the right to stifle speech they feel offended by? What if white people decide to say "screw you"?

[Dalberg-Acton]

It seemed Steven Fry was debating the wrong side at first, but he made up for it by pointing out Dyson’s oily hucksterism.
I lost count of how many times Dyson referred to himself as a “black intellectual”. As if repetition would make people believe it.

[Steely Tom]

I lost count of how many times Dyson referred to himself as a “black intellectual”. As if repetition would make people believe it.

"If it doesn't fit, you must acquit."

[Political Junkie Too]

Chidi Dillibe is saying that there's something else going on, and that something is envy and an attempt to compensate for "something."

Dyson admits it, too.

Short of the two hour debate, here is a 20 minute highlight reel of the interesting parts. Dyson, at some point, acknowledges Peterson's popularity and makes the comment that he wishes Peterson would tweet about Dyson's own book.

-PJ