Jordan Peterson vs. Cathy Newman

The famous (infamous?) debate in which Jordan Peterson crushes Cathy Newman and all her insanity in to powder.

[peteryoung]

Interviewing technique as displayed by Cathy Newman:

Peterson: “I had bacon and eggs for breakfast”
Newman: “So you’re saying, kill all vegans”?

[bingefest]

“In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive.” - Jordan Peterson

[SuperThaidave]

This is painful to watch. A great intellect with a big heart who wants to help steer humanity in the best direction, against a beleaguered and inept interviewer who just wants to win a point, any point. Tragic how she had nothing to hang on to except being offended. A masterclass in patience, wisdom and integrity. Jordan Peterson is a great resource for humanity to steer its way through complicated times. If she could have subjugated her ego for even a moment she might have learnt something helpful and important.

[culturevulture]

You can see Cathy's face change as she starts to understand Jordan is right.

[boojay]

She’s looking for issues, he’s looking for solutions. It’s as easy as that.

[sidneysumner]

I love how hard she’s clearly trying to put words in his mouth and failing miserably every time

[whiskeygordon]

“What gives you the right to say these things???”
“I’m a clinical psychologist..”
💀

[mobrules]

JP is the most spontaneously articulate man I have ever listened to. There are no wasted words. His command of seemingly any subject pertaining to the human condition or the world condition for that matter, is really quite astounding.

[tshepp]

"What gives you the right to say that?" - "I'm a clinical psychologist"

Haha. Awesome.

[Kcutthth]

This is a perfect example of someone playing checkers while the other person is playing chess.

[pigtailsandteddybears]

Her consistent "So you're saying..." was utterly intolerable yet Dr. Peterson managed to go through it with grace and an impossible amount of patience. She tried to twist nearly every single thing he said but each time, no matter how aggressive her tone got, he remained relaxed in his chair and responded by respectfully thwarting each attempt she was doing to bait him. Love this guy.

[Staymadbro]

She’s strategically planned this whole interview and he’s going straight off the top of the dome, and it’s he’s just destroying her. This is the difference between a forced belief and a true belief

[MF-ojcm]

I’ve never seen someone ask “so you’re saying” so many times while failing to accurately summarizing what they have actually said every single time

[JonasNeumann]

Her method of interview here is basically throwing shit at him and seeing what sticks. He came out there clean

[andrewbuchanan]

I come back to this very often - I never regret it. The guy is an absolute genius.

[crakka]

This comes off as the equivalent of an 1st grader trying to interview an college professor. She did a great job at making herself look like a complete fool.

[RutgersJRS]

If she didn't have an earpiece for someone to feed her lines, she'd still be speechless to this day after the 'gotcha.'

[maguy]

1. Imagine being married to her
2. She either can't understand or doesn't want to understand what's being said
3. Everything he says, she dilutes it to a simpler and inaccurate point, designed to attack him

And yet, she never manages to outsmart him, and constantly manages to make herself look petty and foolish.

[def]

I feel like when JP says "gotcha" he's saying "I got through to you, you finally understand what I'm saying". Which makes her admission of "it took a while" inadvertantly, hilariously self-deprecating 😂

[kardonay]

I feel sorry for her - she is no match for him. he could have been a lot harder on her but he chose not to. Never enter into a battle of wits with an unarmed person - you are true gentleman JP