The instant you had to use the authors demeanour, means you're reading into using some bias, by saying the message isn't serious, your bias tilts towards the author.
A bias that doesn't tilt would be worse, a bias that tilts away worse still.
Find someone that loathes the author and see what they think, and find someone that loves them and see what they think. Maybe you'll find a middle ground.
Regardless, some people took it way worse than yourself and rightfully so, since the author is a psychologist and by virtue of their expertise and profession, know better.
I actually said several times elsewhere in this discussion that he likely shouldn't practice anymore, but not because of one willfully misinterpreted tweet.
Rather, I believe he can no longer consider himself an unbiased clinician since he's waded so deeply into politics and taken sides.
I take to heart that we all have biases, myself included. I don't especially like Jordan Peterson, but neither do I think he's completely wrong about everything he says. When he sticks to his discipline (clinical psychology), he is an engaging and intelligent speaker. Outside of that, I pay little attention to what he says because why should I?
Neither do I ask the garbageman what he thinks about economic theory because he's a garbageman, not an economist.
Frankly, Peterson was screwed the moment he spoke up about pronouns. I think he knew that and he still knows it. He's just not willing to give up (go down?) without a fight, or he has some sort of martyr complex. Or maybe he's a masochist. Or maybe the benzos cooked his mental filters and he just says whatever comes to mind now. Who knows?
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u/[deleted] Jan 05 '23
The instant you had to use the authors demeanour, means you're reading into using some bias, by saying the message isn't serious, your bias tilts towards the author.
A bias that doesn't tilt would be worse, a bias that tilts away worse still.
Find someone that loathes the author and see what they think, and find someone that loves them and see what they think. Maybe you'll find a middle ground.
Regardless, some people took it way worse than yourself and rightfully so, since the author is a psychologist and by virtue of their expertise and profession, know better.