Jordan Peterson is at the centre of a Twitter storm.
Peterson, 59, who is famous for his stances against political correctness and ‘woke‘ ideologies, shared his views on the magazine’s latest cover star Yumi Nu on Twitter on Monday, posting an image of the 36-year-old curvy model’s shoot, while writing: ‘Sorry. Not beautiful.
‘And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.’
Within seconds of posting his tweet, Peterson – a clinical psychologist, author, and former professor at the University of Toronto – was met with a flurry of criticism from other users, many of whom began taking aim at his own appearance, while others labeled him an ‘a**’ and a ‘freak’.
I’m inclined to agree with him, although beauty is in the eye of the beholder and there are men who like that sort of thing. That said, Peterson put it out there and free speech means that people get to respond. Which, it seems, they did. And this is Twitter, so banshee screeching is to be expected.
However, after he continued to be bombarded with what he described as a ‘vicious flood of insults’, Peterson called it quits, announcing that he was ‘departing’ Twitter, while branding the social media platform ‘intrinsically and dangerously insane’.
‘The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else,’ he wrote. ‘I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.’
I’m a bit surprised by Peterson here. He’s astute enough to have expected precisely this reaction and has been around the block enough to know that a cesspit is precisely what Twitter is. But, yeah, not being on it is probably for the best. Although he seems to have gone but not actually gone.
I quite like Jordan Peterson – I don’t always agree with him but he seems prepared to suggest attitudes and strategies that don’t even try to be Woke.
Plus, I don’t do social media. For all the benefits it may deliver there seems to be an unwholesome underlayer that the mean spirited exploit.
I tend to like women who are a little on the cuddly side, I think that she is OK looking but I wouldn’t say beautiful. The one used to illustrate the Daily Mash story about ‘Bouncy Girls’ was nicer.
imo Jordan Peterson is putting himself first after his several year health issues. Doubt he quit, more likely a temporary silence rather than feeding trolls
@Stony
You won’t like Eugenia then:
Eugenia Cooney Is Dying In Front Of The Internet’s Eyes
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=978pXOA-F1Y
Skeleton Still alive
https://www.youtube.com/c/eugeniacooney/videos
She isn’t pretty. I could find 10 women who look better in a swimsuit than her from my friends and acquaintances. Some of whom are old enough to be her mother.
There was a woman in the next lane in the pool this morning and I was thinking along similar lines. Pretty, just nicely plump, with a lovely behind. Definitely hotter than the lady in question.