I've been hoping for Becca Rothfeld to perform dissection without anesthetic on Jordan Peterson and here it is, a gift link for you. So many good lines. 1/ The gospel according to Jordan Peterson wapo.st/3ZGSfUT - ThreadSky

jeffjarvis.bsky.social • 78 days ago

I've been hoping for Becca Rothfeld to perform dissection without anesthetic on Jordan Peterson and here it is, a gift link for you. So many good lines. 1/
The gospel according to Jordan Peterson https://wapo.st/3ZGSfUT

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andrew-varnon.bsky.social•78 days ago

When I went to my first #DavidFosterWallace conference, there was a guy there who said he thought the #InfiniteJest community could be an anecdote for the people who were flocking to Jordan Peterson in droves. He wanted us to make YouTube videos of our talks.

tickleslarue.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thank you for sharing the article.

fionnrodgers.bsky.social•77 days ago

Jordan Peterson is the living embodiment of the ‘how can mirrors be real if our eyes aren’t real?’ post.

turrigiano.bsky.social•78 days ago

this review is laugh-out-loud therapy of some sort

blinker617.bsky.social•78 days ago

“It takes a special kind of spiritual dimwit to cast a text as fierce and mysterious as the Old Testament as a banal and scolding exhortation to make your bed, but Peterson, as it happens, is just that kind.” Wow.

infinite-regress.bsky.social•78 days ago

Peterson share’s that unmistakable quality of a televangelist, used car salesman and carnival show barker all rolled into one. It still amazes me how many people can be mesmerized by his Schtick.

megpark.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thanks for reminding me of "carnival show barker". Mind if I use it relentlessly for the next 4 years?

infinite-regress.bsky.social•78 days ago

Please do.

megpark.bsky.social•78 days ago

Thanks! The streets, airwaves and bandwidth will be clogged with them.

ncmc1994.bsky.social•78 days ago

Excellent.

bjkeefe.bsky.social•77 days ago

So nice to see someone else who is as eye-rolling about the rightwing use of "DESTROYS."

smgcalifgirl.bsky.social•76 days ago

Beautifully written too.

starlingm.bsky.social•77 days ago

📌

jennpozner.bsky.social•78 days ago

📌

mels-b.bsky.social•74 days ago

This is the best book review I have ever read.

museislander.bsky.social•78 days ago

"...sentences in various states of syntactic dishevelment"

qhstone.bsky.social•77 days ago

Worth noting that Jordan Peterson wasn't religious until he decided it was necessary for fully embracing the grift.

qhstone.bsky.social•77 days ago

Sorry, forgot the link:

https://nationalpost.com/feature/christie-blatchford-sits-down-with-warrior-for-common-sense-jordan-peterson

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•78 days ago

From Rothfeld's review. 2/
"In other words, we were expelled from Eden because wokeness went too far."

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•78 days ago

From Rothfeld's review, 3/
"In Peterson’s telling, the Old Testament is really a screed against campus protesters and a recommendation for those time-honored conservative virtues, Standing Up Straight and Making Your Bed."

jeffjarvis.bsky.social•78 days ago

From Rothfeld's review, 4/:
'At the level of the sentence, “We Who Wrestle With God” is probably the most unendurable book I have ever suffered through. But its unreadability is the point: Density passes for sophistication, and verbosity conceals vapidity.'

deruman.bsky.social•78 days ago

“It takes a special kind of spiritual dimwit…but Peterson, as it happens, is just that kind.”

ewolfk.bsky.social•75 days ago

That was my favorite!

mels-b.bsky.social•74 days ago

“Whiny heroism” is Peterson’s métier exactly.’

rogerday.bsky.social•78 days ago

Peterson is the MacDonald's of self help Gurus, neatly packaging everything into 12 or 24 rules.

disquisition.bsky.social•78 days ago

That was fantastic. Thank you for sharing.

real-tim-mcneil.bsky.social•77 days ago

writing is so much better than speaking and debating, bravo

lgalv.bsky.social•78 days ago

He's the Deepak Chopra of insecure incel alpha crypto bros and needs constant attention and validation that he's intelligent even though he only repackages Joseph Campbell after taking him out of context and wrapped it in Jungian self help... he's a con-artist.

cabinloon.bsky.social•78 days ago

Years ago, when I first heard of him and listened some to his words strung together to supposedly be expressions of profound wisdom, I referred to him as Chopra with tenure. Glad to see someone else make similar reference.

corbettk.bsky.social•78 days ago

This was amazing

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