Jordan Peterson, Stephen Fry take on Michelle Goldberg, Michael Eric Dyson in a fiery debate on political correctness

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I admit that I bought and read his latest book (and found some of what he said to be interesting) but he comes across as a whiney bitch here. Jesus Christ the amount of times he clutches his pearls crying about being shocked and offended smfh. Dude should stick with helping incels learn how to brush their teeth and the occasional interesting discussions about archetypes. Also, the horrific parenting malpractice he committed while raising his daughter should be a warning sign to any of you sad sacks who consider him to be a prophet. She's lucky she isn't more crippled than she already is because of his stupidity. Appreciate him for what he is which is frankly nothing more than a pretty entertaining snake oil salesman/broke dick modern-day version of Joseph Campbell.

In reference to this keep in mind he is a college professor. That means he relies on government grants to fund his research and have a career. And believe me, getting government grants is very political, and if you are not politically correct you are fucked and your career is over. (In fairness, there are some conservative leaning think tanks you can work at, but they are very limited opportunities compared to mainstream academic research that will shun you if you are not politically correct). So from his perspective the repercussions of speaking up against political correctness are very real. The second he started speaking up and getting political his research career was effectively over.

Of course in his case it seems he will be fine because he has been able to leverage the notoriety and attention into money making opportunities (which may have been the plan all along). But if you are an academic being called a racist or basically saying anything construed as politically incorrect (even if that wasn't your intention) is basically a career death sentence, which sucks because a lot of politically correct thinking is patently wrong, so you basically have to choose between being academically honest and having a career. So in that world it is a very big deal where you can understand why someone might get what the layman might consider overly upset.