Renowned Canadian professor Jordan Peterson, bestselling author of the self-help book "12 Rules for Life", seems to have alienated many of his fans by announcing that he is going to get the COVID-19 vaccine.
The University of Toronto Professor, who contracted coronavirus last year, went on Twitter on Thursday to say he was "off to be vaccinated", as tests had shown he had very few antibodies left after his bout with the disease.
Many commented on social media that the renowned Canadian professor, popular for his lectures on civilisation, culture, psychology and religion, had fallen victim to 'the playbook' and 'big pharma'.
Others expressed concern regarding the lack of 'long-term vetting' for the coronavirus jabs.
However, other fans of the professor supported his move, while slamming 'conspiracy theories'.
Others ironically referenced Peterson's famous self-help book 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos, that has sold more than five million copies worldwide and has been published in over 50 languages.
The professor's YouTube videos and podcasts have gathered a worldwide audience of hundreds of millions.
The Canadian professor of psychology at the University of Toronto, a clinical psychologist, garnered widespread attention in the late 2010s for his often controversial views on cultural and political issues.
In a series of YouTube videos Peterson aimed scathing criticism at the Act to amend the Canadian Human Rights Act and the Criminal Code (Bill C-16) in 2016, which added gender identity to the country's human rights and Criminal Codes, requiring using gender-neutral pronouns for 'non-binary' people.
© mikhailapeterson/instagramJordan & Mikhaila Peterson
After a period of rehabilitation from his physical addiction to benzodiazepine, the anti-anxiety drug he took while his wife was battling cancer, he contracted COVID-19 last year. At the time his daughter Mikhaila Peterson told the media her father was going through a really rough time.
Jordan Peterson has yet to respond to the criticism his decision to get vaccinated triggered.
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As is his will to take full responsibility for his own health, and actions in general.
He gets a ⭐ for 'effort' however.
He put his daughter on Adderall when she was 11, or something like that.
Stupid bastard.
I am with Popper here, and classify it into pseudo science.
That's why a lot of those YouTube vegans have done so well. They're all out of their skulls on Prozac, Adderall, God knows what other reality-defying stuff.
A lot of Peterson's on-line material reminds me of episodes from my time spent as a teenage London punk rocker back in the 1970's when amphetamine sulphate, French blues, Dexedrine, black bombers etc, were the order of the day, and people used to sit around various London cafes telling each other their life stories for eight hours at a time.
LOL.
Didn't know it had other "side effects". Just remember many painters in former times, even famous one's, got sick and died early from licking their brush. Many of the pigments are just plain toxic.
French Blues were their nickname. Prior to that their nickname was Purple Hearts, but they changed the format after the Mods and Rockers riots/scandals of the 1960's.
I don't know what the actual pharmaceutical name was. It was speed with a tiny bit of barbiturate in it to stop people getting the jitters.
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When the reality is somewhat different.
There was no such scene where I grew up, just alcohol. Thus my very superficial knowledge.
There were 'red and blue tuinals'; 'lipstick red seconals', (from Fight Club), Note: I'm not checking spelling*, placidyls, nembutal, ludes, black beauties, orange sunshine, purple haze, (I doubt I ever did any Owsley stuff though - except the windowpane might have been.) coke, pot The list goes on and on.
A question: 'barbiturate.' I just dealt with this. You aware of the Berenstein/STAIN? Bears Effect (Mandela Effect)? Well, I know that 'barbituate' used to be spelled without that 'r'. You?
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My partner has a heart problem, so he goes for his annual check up and his blood pressure is too high. They tell him to buy a BP machine and take a reading morning and evening and email them the results, and then they can adjust his meds. Fair enough, but he then asks me if I want to check my BP, and I say no, why would I? He says, you could be poorly...I answer that I'm not and he replies, how do you know? It's fucking bizarre.....
I've got a mate who has had 24 hour back pain for years.
More-or-less....
Me: That's 'cause all you eat is f*cking carbs. Go to the butcher and give your body what it needs to sort itself out.
Him: No. It's a matter for the doctor. How dare you, etc.
There's also an extent to which "depression" is a construction, and also a choice.
I was just saying that the other day, that people seem to need "drama" in their shitty boring lives. This shank seems to provide just that as every f'ing idiot I work with has been shanked and felt the need to provide daily updates on how poorly they felt after shanking. And then the other idiots would offer condolences.....
It's insane but I think you nailed it.
Peterson is just a shell of what he used to be anyway. He seems like an entirely broken man to me. To get shanked after surviving the supposed "infection" is absolutely insane.
Re your partner's "how do you know?", that reminds me of an unforgettable conversation with some medical professional years ago, don't remember what the issue was. But she was trying to get me to get a physical, which I hadn't had in years. I said I didn't need one, I feel great and am perfectly healthy. She said, no you aren't - you are not healthy until the doctor examines you and says you are! She was dead serious. The horrible thing about democracy is these people's votes count the same as ours.
Probably why I don't get any of those nasty NHS "come vaxx with me" letters.
Now that I'm on medicare and get free physicals, I like seeing my test results. So it can work out just fine to have a doctor. As a general rule, for people who are reasonably health conscious I agree no doctor is better than most doctors. ESPECIALLY if you are the type to take their advice on statins, bp meds, etc, etc.
I don't have a plumber, either.
But I'm sure if I needed one, I'd seek one out.
I recall the only thing they agreed on was some generic talking point of US new cold war political propaganda. I remember thinking they both sounded stupid at that point, and wondering if it was the whole point of the debate. I'm not surprised he got vaxxed or was addicted to benzos.
Amazing, how famous intellectuals appear so rock solid in their determination to fight for moral causes with razor sharp critical thinking, then their academic awareness completely fails regards simple understandings, like the US opioid crisis and an artificially manufactured Plandemic.
So, just one try to choose right.
Pffftt
Especially considering the kind of pharmaceuticals Peterson has been on, modify your brain circuity so quickly, that within a very short time, there's no way back.
No comparison with the sensible use of ciggies, beer and the occasional spliff in that regard
I like the way you think! Same here
Nothing but mirror mirror on the wall is your yakking.
I do sit-ups n push-ups, chew parsley n ginger, and take my runnings for a walk and remember to breathe.
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Despicable.
Go and play with the traffic.
Right on time 🐭
I find the fact that he's volunteered this (which he shouldn't have to) to be him overly airing his personal stuff which he has done before. I don't think he does so because he's hoping to make more money, but probably because of this entire social media inanity has helped him lose the individual responsibility plot. (Another example: when he was having problems with clonazepam (which is A benzodiazepene - the article says BZ a 'drug' when it's a drug class.) He should then have said: 'personal health problems. Thanks for the good wishes.' Him not doing that was buying into the 'Oprah-fication' of the west. It surely has done that.
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The 'wages of sin', which are typically conferred upon celebrities in our present society and which seem so very relevant (and often astronomical $$$) are not quite the bonanza they appear to be.
Firstly, as a bona-fide current day 'celebrity', you are basically attempting to beat (or to cheat) the Devil at his own 'game' (vanity and greed), which you cannot.
Secondly, the Devil is all-the-while attempting to beat (or to cheat) God, at his game, which is Truth, and he cannot.
So you really have a long, long, LONG and perilous way to go.
It (the wages of sin) is not to be recommended.
But:
Who's going to stop you?
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ned,
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J.P has been the subject of an attack by 4th level STS. Anyone who has read the wave series will understand the capabilities of said creatures (time travel, reanimation, mind control, manipulation etc). So, they find his weakness, in his case his autoimmune disorders. Amplify the pressure, he gets desperate and his life is torture, then he finds ''a cure'' although ''a cure'' that eventually nearly killed him and has done permanent damage. Maybe they intended to take him out right there, maybe not?
Why would ''they'' do this? I think that the whole woke thing among other things is being pushed by the same critters for the purpose of a complete takeover of the human race. J.P was a stone in their shoe. Maybe not anymore! Perhaps, the many in number of his followers are losing hope eh? Although, I certainly hope not. Hopefully they took his advice and cleaned their rooms? Shame he couldn't manage that himself!
(It is possible that I am being overly kind to the man) Anyway, regardless of the intentions of 4th density critters, he has to take responsibility for his actions. When all is said and done if this theory is correct, no one held a gun to his head. It's all on him regarding covid jab.
I mean, how stupid must one be to trust big pharma, expecially when they came close to killing him already? That is beyond stupid!
"Michael is not a pedo!!!! Michael never had a childhood!!!! They're trying to take him out because he's a threat to the illuminati!!!" etc.
How many people was Jordan Peterson directly or indirectly responsible for getting hooked on antidepressants?
After Peterson's benzo nightmare, why didn't he renounce his former very public statements about antidepressants?
Why did he not denounce big pharma?
Anyway, the comment above wasn't defending Peterson exactly, if you read it, just a theory of what may have been going on behind the curtain.
It's entirely inappropriate for you to make excuses for a guy just 'cause you're smitten with him.
Look, try debate me if you must rather than whats in your own head, ok. Otherwise, don't waste my time with such indulgence.
With that, goodnight.
For me, that's remained a critical difference. I don't believe he sought all this. As I recall, it was when everyone was ordered to call 'he's' 'she's' etc., and only he had the balls to raise hell in return.
It's rare to find someone whose celebrity did not arise from them being coopted by the PTB early, but he's one. Meanwhile, all the others are holier than thou hypocrites.
I believe he's given good advice (and I've probably heard less than 40 minutes of his stuff.)
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Anyway, I happen to think he was right opposing bill C-16 (look at that now) the pro noun nonsense, the absurdities within feminism, post modernism, social construction and all that. Apparently, he has helped tens of thousands of young men (mostly) and some women too. I fail to see that mentioned. But he is wrong about drugs, vaccines and the question of medical science. I don't know the reason for that, could be he has blind faith in such science? I don't get it. He nearly died not long ago because of his drug problem, it doesn't make any sense. I just don't think it is as black and white as you do.
Comparing him to Michael Jackson (in any sense) is not only inappropriate, it is absurd. Michael Jackson lured children into his bed and molested them, knowing full well the harm he was causing! That is in a different league to anything Jordan Peterson has done. If J.P was the target of a 4th D attack, I think Jackson was the instrument of such an attack.
Anyway, I think my first comment is a valid hypothesis, and have yet to see a decent argument against it, and would welcome one, should one be put forward.
The further one stretches the elastic the more resistance it'll force (or the other way around). THAT is obvious.
The higher one climbs the clearer the view (for the climber AND the black forces which tempt n tease a fall).
Vigilance is the journey of evolution. The higher the Grade, the more complex the learnings. Keeping one's shit together is FAITH in action..
I don't know how many people made a similar decision to take that crap because of his influence. However, one could argue that posting comments here could influence others to make unwise decisions. Got to draw a line somewhere. So, those unfortunate people have some harsh lessons to learn, and it is on them . It is their decision when all is said and done.
Other than that, I think I already answered your question. For clarity, I don't endorse his worship of big pharma sweeties for all maladies, real or imagined. Far from it. I just don't think he acts with bad intentions, just ignorance.
If you still insist on clinging to your precious illusions about Peterson at this point, you are something far worse than a Michael Jackson apologist.
I have no skin in this game. Just my view at this point. For example: As for the being worse than a Michael Jackson apologist. Another provocation. Give it a rest.
So, I take it that you believe he acts with bad intentions, as a front man for pushing big pharma poison on others, knowing full well what he is doing is wrong and poisonous, but does it anyway? That is what you are saying, it seems. Tell you what, if this is so, convince me. And if you are right, I will agree with your line of thinking on him.
As for the links you mention, I haven't watched any as yet. So, go on.
So, if you are not willing to back up your argument any further, then this waste of time exercise is concluded. You go ahead and massage your ego if you must, I can't be bothered with your childish nonsense.
And redemption is for a reason.
Qué séra Séra
Every human is worthy of his journey.
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Still, when someone who seems sensible in many ways, is a fool in another, it's a good reminder to keep looking for your own blind spots, and to keep thinking for yourself, not to follow anyone completly...
Maybe JP says whatever since it is really nobody's business but his own.
It just keeps the crowd of couch astronauts busy and yakking. O-o
That seems to be ALL that people want. Comfort zone living it is called. Or tried n true , it works everywhere as auto-destruct mechanisms.🤦♀️
Look around.
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Then it's back to Rung 1 as Ladyrad + expose herein.
Maské for a reason.
In your case, it might as well be,
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Or back in the trap....🐭
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