Avoiding the HELL of the Radical Left & Radical Right - Jordan Peterson

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Jordan Peterson warns of the hell of the Radical Left and the Radical Right and why free speech & open political dialogue are essential to avoiding this pitfall.

Excerpted from his talk at Western University on March 18, 2017. The full video is available at both Jordan Peterson's channel and at
YCIA Young Canadians In Action's channel.

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This guy is completely on the money. Both sides of the political spectrum need to stop shutting down and de-platforming each other by calling them bigots, racists, sexists, SJWs, snowflakes and whatever else. I admit, i've called people SJWs and snowflakes many times because they said something I don't agree with but i'm slowly learning that we each need to listen to each other and be able to form our own views and without total freedom of speech, that is not possible.

HazelTheHare

Don't let difficult political circumstances corrupt you and push you to the extremes. That is hell. It is dogma and rigidity, it is truth subordinated to tribalism. Don't let bitterness win your heart. Be a maverick amidst conformity.

AstralFrost

Man i love the guy. He is such an intelligent person, I feel more enlightened, every time I hear from him.

romanking

Jordon Peterson the Radical Moderate 😃. Anyone who can tick off the far-right and the far -left at the same time has to be doing something right!

brettwestcoast

Most people don't think - he's absolutely right. Most people only emote and confuse it with thought.

MarasD

I have never heard anyone put into words what I learned to do from my Political Science education. I do fragment my beliefs and have internal debates on issues constantly attempting to push each viewpoint further through "the power of the better argument". One way I often do this is reading books on topics I initially know I will detest. Inevitably I will find arguments or ideas that challenge my preconceived notions and continue the dialog again and again. An even better way is having civil dialog with those who challenge my ideas. I do not argue...I shut up and listen. One of the best political discussions I have ever had was with a radiator repairman in a garage. His logic, examples, and deep understanding of issues made this a conversation I will not soon forget.

JimJWalker

I wish people could universally understand these ideas, that we need honest dialog between both sides instead of all the idiotic name calling and slanderous vitriol that we see everywhere.

darkrebel

The thrall in which an ideology holds a people is best measured by their collective inability to imagine alternatives.

kentmac

Kermit is sunbathing in Peterson’s truth and logic.

rachelcox

And that is why I tune into Peterson. Most commentators these days are just political ideologues. I don't trust their conclusions when they ALWAYS land on the same side of the political divide. You know their analysis was filtered through a thick bias lens. Its not hard to see which way Peterson leans, but he is not just another conservative aggrieved by the left, he appears to deal with these social science issues, issue by issue. Thats more authentic, and thats where credibility comes from.

inglefud

The basic rule, according to Peterson: “You need a meaning in your life that enables you to bear the suffering of your life without becoming corrupted, and you have to build yourself in to something that you can actually respect so you can see yourself bearing that terrible existential burden properly, and then you don’t lose hope and you don’t lose meaning because you’re strong enough to stand up underneath that burden, and then there’s something about you that you can respect, and then maybe other people can respect, and it will help bring suffering in the world to an end, and it will help people develop fully as individuals and will help us avoid the dehumanizing, rigid, sterile uniformity of the nationalistic left [he meant right --ed] and the appalling devouring chaos of the radical left"

wmblemania

Few have spoken to my inner sense of truth when I hear it like Jordan Peterson. He has a way of getting to the heart and mind.

AstralFrost

“Democracy extends the sphere of individual freedom, socialism restricts it. Democracy attaches all possible value to each man; socialism makes each man a mere agent, a mere number. Democracy and socialism have nothing in common but one word: equality. But notice the difference: while democracy seeks equality in liberty, socialism seeks equality in restraint and servitude.”
― Alexis de Tocqueville Political correctness is about restraint by one group over another for the sole purpose of gaining power. Not for what someone has done but for what they may do because of the group they were born into. It is claiming all men are rapists to prevent one rape. That all are racists to prevent one act of racism. It is condemning and judging all to be guilty who belong to any group that is deemed evil or for having done evil. It is class warfare using moral condemnation as its weapon. This is the new socialism created in universities.

katherinekelly