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Originally Posted by PepsiFree
I also don't see the harm in most of what he goes on about. 12 Rules is pretty uncontroversial and if it helps someone, that's great. But I do think he says some pretty stupid, potentially harmful or at least divisive things from time to time, and because of his influence over some young men, is taken as truth without critical thought.
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I think if he had just stuck with the self-help, no one would care. Tony Robbins doesn't really generate a tonne of controversy. I think it's the fact that he used his political views to really boost his status and that him and his fanboys treat the self-help stuff as profound that rubs people the wrong way.
I used to have a buddy who would, on almost on any topic, start his rebuttal off with "Well Jordan Peterson says..."