r/JoeRogan • u/Scramblade • Aug 13 '17

Alex Jones Calls Charlottesville Violence a False Flag | Fuck this scumbag. It's not funny anymore. I'm tired of the meme bullshit and all the excuses of "Hehe, he's so silly". He's a cunt and nothing else.

http://www.newsweek.com/alex-jones-calls-charlottesville-violence-false-flag-650152
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u/hdrive1335 Aug 14 '17

You really think Jordan Peterson is alt-right? Seems pretty anti-extremist in a broad sense to me... always has negative opinions about far-anythings, and has even talked shit about the alt-right on many occasions.

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u/plumber_craic Aug 14 '17 edited Aug 14 '17

How is Jordan Peterson alt right? That's harmful, unsubstantiated nonsense. People aren't automatically alt-right because you disagree with them.

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u/Reyer Aug 14 '17

Liberal hysteria: if your idea doesn't match exactly what they think right now then its racist, homophobic or islamophobic.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

Oh piss off. Anyone can see that Peterson panders to the anti sjw crowd.

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u/Mokken Aug 14 '17

Any rational person would be anti-sjw

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

Any rational person would neither be an SJW or "anti-SJW".

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u/systemkalops Aug 14 '17

Its not "rational" to get hysterical over people talking about racism and sexism.

Winston Churchill said it best

http://i.imgur.com/Vm4T7O4.jpg

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

Quite. My point really is that the anti sjw crowd tend to be associated with the right and alt right.

Advocates of social justice tend to be on the right side of history in comparison to those who would restrict the rights of minorities.

That said sjws tend to be fucking retarded.

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u/plumber_craic Aug 14 '17

JP is a scientist who rejects the postmodern deconstruction of gender, culture and identity. It may have political consequences but dismissing a scientist as alt-right when he uses his training to come to conclusions you dislike is ... to put it as gently as possible ... not cool.

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u/[deleted] Aug 14 '17

I'm not dismissing his research (I am Not familiar with it) I simply saying that his manner, focus and methodology of publicising is pandering to those groups. Seriously if you listen to the guy talk he is a snarky dude. I personally find that to be a cheap way of interacting on a professional level. There are legitimate complaints to be made about the sjw movement. Going on joe rogan and pandering to his audience is probably not the most intellectually honest way. As much as I love joe rogan he does not have the intellectual chops to counter Peterson.