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RE: Self-Help
Fair and balanced :-) Thanks so much, @sue-stevenson, for bringing some balance to my mini-rant and giving us another perspective. But... JP is, in my mind, rather dangerous. As much as some young men have stated they were saved from that "dark side", a lot of his following is from that same dark side. I know nothing substantial about Jung, but I do know Peterson constantly misrepresents terms like "post modernism" and "Marxism", like modern libertarians tend to do.
But yes, he does deserve some kudos for making better the lives of some young people. And you deserve some more for making better this blog ;-)
Aww, thanks! But your post wasn't quite in rant territory :) And you've got right to the heart of what I loathe about his politics. I HATE his use of those terms. And I agree, he could do some great harm with them. I so wish he would shut up about cultural f*$)#%g Marxism 😂.
At the very least the phenomenon shows up how many people are reactionary voters. On my bad days I think it's most people. Trump has brought everyone out ofmthe woodwork with a political perspective and a great deal of it seems to be about being against something but not for something. And so if JP is helping some people come away from that edge, then that seems to be more than what those of us on the Left are doing.
Is that fair? It's possibly unfair :D