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Originally Posted by Cowboy89
It's speaks pretty low of society that the mainstream reaction to someone's message that essentially boils down to "Try to be your best self first before blaming everyone else" is to line up single file and each try to shove the person delivering that message into the same political category as neo-nazi's, white supremacists, and white nationalists.
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This is pretty gross misrepresentation of the critique most Peterson non-academic have, right or wrong. It’s worth going through this thread if you’re unsure, but no, that’s not why he’s been criticisized.
I think, for a lot of people, that’s also why his star power is so confusing. “Try to be your best self before blaming everyone else” is good, solid, safe, and intellectually underwhelming advice. Granted, he’s caught on with people who really need the basics for exactly this reason, but no, his basic life advice and mostly uninspired self-help book are not the reason anyone in society is lining up to “shove” him anywhere.