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To: Shadow44

“The Left isn’t afraid of Peterson, he’s literally being promoted by the media.”

Exactly. “Wrecking SJW’s” on YouTube isn’t exactly a counter-revolution, is it? Cleaning up your room won’t stop the slide into degeneracy.


13 posted on 08/09/2018 11:48:44 AM PDT by cdcdawg
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To: cdcdawg

Exactly. “Wrecking SJW’s” on YouTube isn’t exactly a counter-revolution, is it? Cleaning up your room won’t stop the slide into degeneracy.


It is attacking the roots of the left. Peterson believes in objective truth.

The very basis of leftist thought is that truth is subjective.

A belief in truth leads to Christ. At least it did for me.


15 posted on 08/09/2018 11:52:12 AM PDT by marktwain (President Trump and his supporters are the Resistance. His opponents are the Reactionaries.)
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To: cdcdawg
"Cleaning up your room won’t stop the slide into degeneracy."

No?

Perhaps it will help.

As I understand it, his point is that so many people today are willing to take a firm stand on what they believe is right or wrong with society and yet the same people are unwilling and incapable of organizing their own lives.

Consider the lack of humility displayed by the Canadian government in mandating the use of certain recently-created pronouns and providing punishment for those who dared to question their authority to do so.

Peterson, rightly I think, cautions that our freedom of speech is not just a tool for expressing ideas but is an essential tool for formulating and refining ideas, by allowing us to introduce our ideas to others, hear their responses, and incorporate improvements. At the same time, the person with whom we are conversing gets an opportunity to refine his own ideas.

Without the ability to expound on defective ideas, we risk never being able to improve our lives with new ideas.

26 posted on 08/09/2018 1:22:37 PM PDT by William Tell
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To: cdcdawg; Shadow44

You 2 the kind of conservatives the Left loves.

The one’s that criticize anyone else on the right that’s out there fighting the good fight. Two years ago Peterson was out on his own campus arguing with small groups of students about individual rights vs. collective rights. He’s in the arena fighting, and you’re criticizing his efforts.


49 posted on 08/10/2018 2:58:00 PM PDT by TruthFactor (Hang em', Hang em' High.)
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