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Jordan Peterson destroys intellectual brain by seeking quack therapy in Russia for Benzodiazepines
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By his own admission JP's been accused multiple times of sexual assault, BTW.
It doesn't matter, I read quite a lot on many subjects. Some things I find good other not so much. It's not black and white.
I'll see myself out since I'm interrupting the blood orgy here.
But Peterson would love this! We're just expressing our free speech! Do you hate free speech?
woah are we throwing civility out the window just cause he's said some shaky things about race, trans people, women, masculinity, and some other "triggering" topics?
so much for the tolerant left
so much for the tolerant left
But you are ok financially supporting and hoping a misogynist, homo-, trans & islamophobic white supremacist keeps spreading his bigoted ideology that wishes ill to LGBTQ+ people, women, Muslims, and other demographics that are not Christian, straight white cis men.
Yeah I'm not going to feel sorry for an absolute charlatan who's responsible for spreading hatred and lies, and for radicalising others. Why should I feel bad for someone who's actively made the world worse?
I'm not white nor was I raised in a majority white country, so why the fuck should that make a difference to me? I've never read his books, and I am fully aware that he peddled dangerous shit.
Serial murderers don't deserve the death penalty or torture, and neither do bigots. Is that a controversial statement?
I guess I am lucky half a xan put me to sleep. Benzos are only useful to me as sleeping aids, and only about once a month or less.
It is not making light of a problem to say that an individual deserves the circumstances they are in.
Doesn't matter, the world isn't black and white and he's doing good in life (fantastic even) so why should he care about other people? He likes what he's reading and that's all that matters /s
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Yeah I thought it says not to operate a vehicle or heavy machinery on the bottle or am I not remembering right?
Yeah, it's made me not really care about the opinions of people online. They are, in large part, usually devoid of fact, logic and given to feed a self centered ego.
Radicalizing white men into becoming intolerant white supremacist bigots and using his platform to attack transgender people (among many others) is a pretty black & white BAD thing. There's no grey here. Peterson is a shitstain of humanity who won't be missed by anyone with any level of sympathy towards the oppressed & marginalized whom Peterson has demonized and tried to turn the society against.
Definitely. Also don't mix with alcohol as it amplifies the effects.
I can't believe ResetEra is lobbying to bring back the death penalty just for Jordy Pete
Hey now Im ABOVE ALL THAT I don't look at things like RACE Im a FREE THINKER who READS about all kinds of topics, I just want THE BEST PERSON for the job regardless of who they are im not BIAS. /s
Also, the overprescription of of benzos for mild to moderate anxiety is a real problem, especially considering that there are much safer, less addictive drugs like buspirone with a low side-effect profile. SSRIs and other antidepressants also have an anxiolytic effect. So if your doctor tries to put you on a benzo as a first-line treatment, unless you're having regular and severe panic attacks, be skeptical.
Just as long as you acknowledge your ignorance & hypocrisy. Peterson has absolutely nothing insightful or worth listening to say. No one with an ounce of sympathy towards, say, the transgender community should be hoping Peterson is up and writing again soon. But I know empathy isn't the strong suit for your kind of fencesitters.
I don't think anyone needs to feel bad for him. I just don't think we should get into the business of rooting for people to die (which I have seen with both Rush and Peterson). Not saying you did this either. They have bad and harmful ideas, people have countered them with better ideas.
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Zero sympathies for that pathetic, pseudo-intellectual, hate-mongering, sexist shithead.
Please do.
Never heard of him tbh. Long ago like in the 70 and 80s Valium was commonly prescribed for anxiety but pretty much never see it anymore, hate to see someone permanently messed up. Also, the family apparently bought into the big pharma conspiracy mindset, u see this sometimes in people avoiding proven cancer treatments with bad results, it's sad.
I'm kind of shocked to defenders of his here. I wonder what they think about white supremacy/ "race realism", trans folk, and protecting your right to bigoted speech
Because we know how he felt years ago which is when he became popular in the first place
He is the crypto fascist poster child and his suffering amuses me and I fully expect them to get the next medal of freedom for their troubles
Because we know how he felt years ago which is when he became popular in the first place
He is the crypto fascist poster child and his suffering amuses me and I fully expect them to get the next medal of freedom for their troubles
You linked a Reddit post to zero carbs with pseudo science spattered throughout the thread. Then you asked people to disprove it. Oh lawd.
But, you are.
You are directly complicit in supporting a man who openly advocates for making life worse for marginalized people. Who sicks his outrage mob on people he doesn't like. Who radicalizes vulnerable people who need actual help into far-right politics. Who offered advice on treating depression and anxiety using means he knows wasn't working on himself.
Like, I get thinking that wishing harm on someone else or kicking someone when they're down is kinda crass, but here's the thing: making a joke about Peterson, or not feeling bad for him, creates zero harm. Including for Peterson. Peterson's situation isn't going to change even if someone wishes him ill really hard. But actually supporting and giving money to him? At best, it's a complete lack of empathy: since you're doing good in life, in doesn't matter if Peterson harms anyone else. At worst? It's actively knowing and engaging in propping up someone regardless of the negative effect he objectively has had on others.
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Yep. So JP (and others) shouldn't be surprised when he gets what he gives
Seriously. Peterson is all about free speech even if it's ugly, belligerent and offensive.
I wonder what he'll be like after he recovers. Will the brain damage be obvious or will it be easy to mask through coping strategies?
I had a friend who suffered severe brain damage after falling off a fourth-story balcony while black-out drunk and it was really interesting to watch him recover. People who knew him well could obviously tell he had changed, he spoke differently, had memory issues, developed new speech patters, was just very clearly different than before the accident. But he went through therapy and was able to hide the damage from strangers who didn't have a "before" to compare to.
I'm sure Peterson will have a career no matter who badly his brain was damaged, he's popular enough that worst-case scenario he can have someone else ghost-write books for him and continue to make money off his name, but I wonder if he'll still be able to give lectures, be on podcasts, and other stuff that would require him to be present and focused.
I had a friend who suffered severe brain damage after falling off a fourth-story balcony while black-out drunk and it was really interesting to watch him recover. People who knew him well could obviously tell he had changed, he spoke differently, had memory issues, developed new speech patters, was just very clearly different than before the accident. But he went through therapy and was able to hide the damage from strangers who didn't have a "before" to compare to.
I'm sure Peterson will have a career no matter who badly his brain was damaged, he's popular enough that worst-case scenario he can have someone else ghost-write books for him and continue to make money off his name, but I wonder if he'll still be able to give lectures, be on podcasts, and other stuff that would require him to be present and focused.
knocking the right people for the wrong reasons kinda sucks because if the wrong people internalize it for the right reasons they think badly about themselves (for the wrong reasons).
calling a douchebag a "fat douchebag" or a "bald douchebag" or a "benzo-addicted douchebag" isn't cool because if someone witnessing it happens to also be one of those things, they think badly about that part of themselves. there are reasons people are douchebags, we don't need to make others feel lesser in our approach to uncover them.
calling a douchebag a "fat douchebag" or a "bald douchebag" or a "benzo-addicted douchebag" isn't cool because if someone witnessing it happens to also be one of those things, they think badly about that part of themselves. there are reasons people are douchebags, we don't need to make others feel lesser in our approach to uncover them.
As someone who has been on benzos due to severe anxiety, addiction was one of my worries about being on them. Thankfully, I never developed one and don't take them anymore.
These situations are hard for me. I try to feel empathy for every person but it's hard when it's someone who has hurt so many as he has.
These situations are hard for me. I try to feel empathy for every person but it's hard when it's someone who has hurt so many as he has.
I'd feel bad for him if I felt that he would learn from this experience and reconsider his attitude, worldview, and some of the things that he says.
Fat chance of that, though. Hopefully at the very least it makes some of the people who think that he's a genius realize that he's just an extremely fallible man.
Fat chance of that, though. Hopefully at the very least it makes some of the people who think that he's a genius realize that he's just an extremely fallible man.
He made a very poor decision in how he tried to treat his addiction and may ultimately end up cost him his way of life.
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