Jordan Peterson is one of the most famous public intellectuals in the world. But his pronouncements in favor of capitalism and hierarchy collapse at the slightest bit of scrutiny.
Well he isn’t a nurse. He isn’t a construction worker. He isn’t a broadcaster. He isn’t a mailman. What the hell do you want to label the guy? Go get a job in journalism and then you can play word police.
You might want to read more than the very first sentence considering the rest (including the headline) says he’s wrong about everything.
He’s a famous public intellectual because that’s what his fans, and he has way too many, consider him.
So then you refer to Trump as the true current President because that’s what his fans, and he has way too many, consider him?
Dude. Just read the article. You’re hung up on a single sentence. The entire rest of the article talks about why everything Peterson says is wrong.
Well he isn’t a nurse. He isn’t a construction worker. He isn’t a broadcaster. He isn’t a mailman. What the hell do you want to label the guy? Go get a job in journalism and then you can play word police.
Public figure. Not an intellectual.
It’s a profession, like calling Trump a businessman even though he only goes bankrupt
or that American who wrote the Earth was flat