Originally posted by The Lost
Like when he was worried about C-16? Explain to me why you can see how "Peterson is worried." About anything. We can go point-by-point or issue-by-issue.Based on this post and others I've seen by you and other members on this board, I want to make something clear...
The left isn't more dangerous and I hate this shitty perspective SO much. Also, don't tell me about "radicalized" students shutting people down. They're students. Students have been radicals since the beginning of goddamn time. Do you know anything about the 1960's in America?
"Moderates" like Dave Rubin and "slightly less moderates" such as Shapiro? Like, this is all a big troll, right?
Is it because Rubin told you a bunch of times he's really a "liberal" or "left-leaning" but gives consistent platforms to right-leaning extremists and softballs them for the whole interview? Ah yes, Rubin the "enlightened centrist."
Like, some of the most watched conservative media is Fox News, Breitbart, the Daily Caller, The Daily Wire, fucking InfoWars. Fucking InfoWars! We are talking about a growing political ideology that supports ethnostates, considers race realism scientifically valid, thinks there's two genders, thinks that watching YouTube videos of riots or anecdotes is "data", thinks Tommy Robinson is unfairly jailed, think Islam is a threat to the west (even more than Christianity), and more.
The right, in North America and Europe, is BAR-NONE the most dangerous, worrisome, threatening, and poisonous partisan affiliation you could ever hope to side with, agree with, or support. Centrists enable them (and often share many anti-science, irrational, hateful, and non-factual perspectives) and useful idiots propagate their horrendously asinine platforms and perspectives.
As a centrist, you have the same loss of focus as every other "enlightened centrists" in that you'll yammer on about how civil discourse is dead and perhaps complain about the left's "name-calling" which distracts from all sorts of genuine threats to free speech, the economy, forward movement, and more. Trump running one of the most influential, powerful, and far-reaching governments on this planet has implications. I know you guys hate to fucking hear it but it doesn't get any less true the more you ignore it.
The Trump administration is trying to drive the world economy into the toilet, which is bad for everyone (Wanna talk about how Trump is trying to move away from economic globalism or his veritable fucking collection of trade wars?)
This is a guy who also very likely invited a foreign government to influence the election of one of the most powerful governments on Earth, is inconsistent, lies almost daily to his supporters and critics, has been accused of sexual harassment by twenty woman, tried to ban trans people from serving in the military, wouldn't allow an AMERICAN judge to rule on a case because he thought he had Mexican parents (remember, only "some of them" are "good people" anyway), and much more.
Charlottesville? Kentucky? Planned Parenthood shootings? Elliot Rodger? Dylann Storm Roof? Alenxandre Bissonnette? I mean, the 2012 Kentucky riots? They made the Berkeley riots look like nothing and that was a goddamn sporting event riot. (https://fivethirtyeight.com/features/the-latest-kentucky-riot-is-part-of-a-long-destructive-sports-tradition/) Keep in mind that, in terms of terrorism, right-wing violence is in second place behind Islamist terror attacks (there's been roughly 3000 deaths since the early 90's when it comes to terror attacks. Islamists are responsible for about 90% I believe and Right Wing terrorists are about 7%. I can bring up these numbers, if you'd like to see specifics but my approximations aren't off.) Is the left denying Russian interference in the 2016 election when it's a matter of fact? Are the Russian trolls able to easily infiltrate the left as they rampantly have been with the right? (See: The_Donald)
We can talk about the "softer" shit, like GamerGate and how figures like Anita Sarkeesian, as much as you may disagree with her positions, was threatened and bullied by a toxic culture often defended and advocated for by the right. Just kidding, "gamer bros" are super sharp dudes!
NO ONE who is reasonable can tell me the left is more dangerous because of Peterson's GARBAGE slippery slope fallacy laden positions about C-16, tumblr posts, phony/cowardly "moderates/centrists", or extremist college/university students (we know they're never extreme lol nbd). If you want to criticize the left? Go ahead. Do it all day long. I don't give a shit. I have a TON of issues with the far left and any extreme partisan worship. Hell, I honestly really don't like Clinton (mostly because she's immensely backed by corporate money and some of us REALLY do want to see a swamp-draining at least start before we die) but if was in a position to choose one over the other? Clinton. Every goddamn time.
Why? As much as I have ACTUAL issues with both left-wing ideologies and right-wing ideologies (as opposed to labeling myself a centrist and coddling the right wing whilst irrationally and obsessively slamming the left wing), the right wing are at best problematic pseudo-intellectual dog-whistlers and at worst? Violent, racist, sexist, xenophobic, anti-science, anti-progress, absolutely fucking braindead, etc.
The worst offenders are social conservatives (I still take issue with economic conservatives but not as much) and the alt-right in general.
I'm on no high-horse but like anyone else with a shred of self-awareness, I'm pissed off that ignorant individuals are focusing on non-problems so forgive me if I'm not readily extending olive branches. [/B]
^ An Ultra Combo Bingo