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Originally Posted by rubecube
Again, he's had the opportunity to walk it back and elaborate on it and from what I understand of the book (based I think on the article you posted) he's chosen to double-down, so I'm not going to give him benefit of the doubt.
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I don't know what else Peterson said on that topic to elaborate on the tweet, as I don't follow him on twitter or anything, but I don't think Lindsay had read the new book when he wrote that (I gather he'd been writing the article for a while and the book is a pretty new release). But maybe you're referring to an older book. I haven't read any of them either, so I don't feel like I can comment on what's in them, but I've heard him talk a bit in longer format interviews and have a pretty good guess about what he thinks on these topics - just as I have a pretty good idea of what some posters are going to say about a topic from their previous postings.
But anyway, I'm not particularly surprised by this answer, because you already think he's basically evil. You're happy with an interpretation that confirms that view, despite others being available. People don't realize how strong confirmation bias is - you can't set it aside even if you're actively trying to, and you don't seem to be trying, likely for the same reason.