28: Resurrection of Jordan Peterson (w/Jeff Brown)
This week we inaugurate “The Conspirituality Ticker,” a weekly bullet-point rundown on the ongoing pandemic of influencers who spread medical misinformation to sell disaster spirituality. We’ll also continue with “The Jab”, our segment on conspirituality-driven vaccine hesitancy.
The big news this week is the resurrection of Jordan Peterson. After surviving a medically-induced coma in a Russian rehab facility, and then COVID on top of that, Peterson has re-emerged, weakened but resolute, as both hero and provocateur. The announcement from Penguin Canada that his new book of another dozen self-help rules prompted Penguin employees to protest their involvement in an emotional town hall.
In this episode, we’ll dive into Peterson’s imaginarium. We won’t totally discount his button-down commonsensical advice, but we will explore how it has lent intellectual support to the alt-right. Is he a conspiritualist pioneer as he wars against the Neo-Marxist Cabal and dreams of a Jungian promised land? Matthew will add a view from Peterson’s hometown of Toronto, where the messianic prof has been open about his ambitions in right-wing Ontario politics. Julian interviews dissociation debunker Jeff Brown, who champions “enrealment,” and has a heartfelt critique of what he calls the “new cage” movement.
Show Notes
JZ Knight Called for ‘Military Coup’ After Biden Took Lead in Presidential Bid
Defiant Night: Hundreds Gather at Pier Bowl for Mask-Burning Rally
Toronto public health shuts down Etobicoke restaurant for allowing indoor dining in defiance of COVID-19 measures
Adam Skelly’s GoFundMe
Skelly hauled off by the po-po
$15,000 Fine After Secret Hasidic Wedding Draws Thousands of Guests
Splitting 5 to 4, Supreme Court Backs Religious Challenge to Cuomo’s Virus Shutdown Order
Supremes’ opinions
Canadian Bar Association on c16, which Peterson didn’t understand
Peterson co-presents with Proud Boy founder Gavin McInnes
Peterson boosting Tanya Granic Allen. (Matthew neglected to report that Peterson raising Allen’s profile helped make her kingmaker in the ON Conservative leadership race. She threw her votes to Ford, promising Catholic support. He then rewards that support by reinstituting a sex-ed curriculum for public schools that was written before the internet.)
