I knew he was no authentic conservative, though he may have some useful things to say. I have therefore not yet bothered with him.
I suspected from the start that it was another case of conservatives being desperate for a popular hero they could call their own.
There is also the possibility that’s he’s thrown out this thought balloon in order to gather responses for further arguments
One of the zombies must have bit him.
He is one of them now.
Peterson, a Canadian academic, became a conservative due to his research and work in psychology and private counseling. Petersen deserves great credit and respect within those fields but has no experience in American politics and lacks an understanding of its cutthroat aspects. As for Kavanaugh clearing his name, it seems that Judiciary Chairman Grassley will do that by investigating the false accusations and perjury cooked up against Kavanaugh. In the meantime, Kavanaugh will have to console himself by carrying out his life’s work of being a great conservative Supreme Court Justice.
Not that I care.
Kavanaugh’s name HAS been cleared.
The SEVENTH FBI investigation turned up nothing as the SIX before it did.
I have watched a lot of his stuff and wouldn’t have believed that he could be so silly. The left are going to make every nominee seem divisive.
I am only very mildly aboard the Jordan Peterson bandwagon. I just have not had the time to read much of his material, only to skim some little Snippets, which I liked. This article would induce me to step off. There is zero possibility that Kavanaugh will ever clear his name. That is simply not the way that leftist politics works, and if Peterson does not understand that, then he doesn’t.
Peterson has proved that he, like the rest of us, is a human being with this rare illogical statement, IMO.
By this statement, Jordan Peterson has become Cathy Newman (in terms of logical inconsistency from his viral vid interview), as Peterson himself would then have to step down from several teaching and speaking posts to make room for someone less divisive.
Never heard of him and don’t know why we would give a flip what some Canadian says. Especially one that can’t remember what he stands for.
Its not Kavanaugh’s to prove his innocence. He is innocent as a matter of principle.
His enemies have to prove he is guilty beyond a reasonable doubt and they haven’t met that burden of proof.
In confirming him to the Supreme Court, the Senate accepted the standard holds for a person accused of a crime.
I doubt Jordan Peterson would demand any less for himself in a similar situation. Kavanaugh has therefore nothing to prove to the Left.
Which in any event, doesn’t accept him not because of an alleged ethical cloud around him but because it doesn’t approve of his conservative judicial philosophy.
Unless Kavanaugh agrees to forfeit it, there is no chance he or any other Republican nominee will ever become less “divisive” to the Left.
And resigning from the Supreme Court as Peterson recommends wouldn’t change it.
Peterson forgets the other side is evil and compromising with evil people is an exercise in futility. Only a stupid person would argue healing our divides can be accomplished by giving up our own values.
That can only be done by defeating them which is exactly the whole point of elevating Kavanaugh to the Supreme Court. That is how a good person is now in a position to make a real difference.
Peterson has no business telling other people to be less divisive so he can remain in good company with his liberal colleagues and Kavanaugh is the complete opposite of such a person.
He doesn’t need the Left’s approval or goodwill to retain his position on the Supreme Court. A judge is not dependent on popular approval to do his job.
Professor Jordan Peterson should step down for a “less divisive” professor.
Otherwise he might be accused of more untrue and illogical criticisms.
He’s Canadian and doesn’t understand the US. He got hammered on Twitter when he tweeted this. Finally apologized. Said it was a thought experiment
This “Kavanaugh isn’t legitimate” meme will NEVER end unless/until Ford and her entire posse are prosecuted and their lies are exposed.
McConnell, Grassley, Graham — whoever — needs to get the ball rolling on this. If it isn’t taken care of now, Trump’s next appointment hearings will be a worse circus and more lives will be destroyed. There could be deaths.
To prove Ford is not a witch; she should be fitted with cement overshoes and tested to see if she floats.
I suspect that JP, a Canadian, has some blind spots about U.S. politics and, in this case, the tangled history of the long war over judicial supremacy and control of the Supreme Court. I imagine he’ll get briefed before long.
Clickbait.
If you go to the thread it’s fairly clear JP is simply having a conversation about what you ‘could’ do in that situation as the accused... it was not a firm position statement.