Not Quite a Counter Revolution, But . . .

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Jordan Peterson has become a bit of a thing.  He is a psychologist.  He bases his views and opinions on foundations of empirical observation and research.  He tosses in a bit of common sense.  He enjoys exposing the gaping irrational holes in populist ideologies. 

For those who are not aware of his work, an extended interview published in The Listener is not a bad introduction.  Some excerpts:
 
Jordan Peterson Talks Gender Pay Gap, Neo-Nazis and Preferred Pronouns

by Mark Broatch
NZ Listener

Canadian psychologist Jordan Peterson has become an internet sensation for his outspoken criticism of what he calls “political correctness” and “cultural Marxism”.

Camille Paglia has called him “the most important and influential Canadian thinker since Marshall McLuhan”. Right-wing British commentator Melanie Phillips described him as “a kind of secular prophet who, in an era of lobotomised conformism, thinks out of the box”. A columnist for the Canadian magazine Maclean’s said he was “the stupid man’s smart person”. Slovenian philosopher Slavoj Žižek dubbed aspects of his work “ridiculous”.

Oracle or kook, Canadian psychology professor Jordan Peterson is having a moment. You can't escape his video lectures and Ted talks online, suggesting that Western society is being undermined by the likes of “postmodernists and “cultural Marxists”, who push pernicious concepts such as identity politics; turn minorities and marginalised groups into perpetual victims; and use political correctness to deaden thought and threaten freedom of speech. . . .