It was over my morning coffee today that I received the heavy news that Jordan Peterson was moving to the United States.
What are we to do? How are we to cope? From where will we get our direction?
Peterson, as you may know, is a hack psychologist that rose to fame over his refusal to use the preferred pronouns of those in the LGBTQ++ community who demanded such. So, almost predictably, he became a lightning rod for those who loathe that sort of thing, of which there are many.
So that maverick Peterson became a champion for those opposed to woke-ism, virtue signalling, and the Trudeau government and those bloody socks they wear. In fact, the whole thing has made him rich.
He actually has a product line complete with merch. Sort of reminds me of the Great Agent Orange, also in America, who delights in animating the masses with pom-pom statements that get everyone running around and losing their shit. Also making a killing in the merchandise department.
To me it’s obvious, although Jordan would say axiomatic, because his adoring audience loves words they don’t understand.
Remember when Winston Churchill labelled the former Soviet Union as a “riddle, wrapped in a mystery, inside an enigma?” Full marks to Churchill, both for his observations on the Soviets and his prescience with respect to Peterson. Except with Peterson, it’s more of a “turd, wrapped in a gum wrapper, inside a cow’s ass.”
Common sense tells me I should tread carefully here, as it’s axiomatic (couldn’t help it) that Jordan has a following right here in Renfrew County, aka Alberta East. But those people don’t read my stuff, and it’s arguable that some don’t read at all, so I should be okay. For these folks, they don’t have to understand your fancy psychology words as long as they can pull out the fact that your kicking the shit out of minorities, which they’re behind with full-throated support. So they sign-up for the coffee mugs and the autographed pics and the Jordan Peterson lunch pails, as if Jordan himself ever lugged one of those around.
Jordan says living in Toronto is too uncomfortable. Okay, fine, he has a point there. Have you ever tried driving downtown in that place? But I think his discomfort goes beyond the traffic and the perpetually ineffective Blue Jays. He says his viewpoints are met with hostility by his fellow Torontonians, which is kind of grand statement given that most have never heard of him. But I guess for those who have, a sizeable chunk of them have made their discomfort with him axiomatic, and that’s not something Big Pete can let stand. You either agree with him or you’re a loser, and honestly, who really wants to be a loser, right?
Jordy has run afoul of the professional college that governs psychologists, psychiatrists, and psychopaths here in Ontario. They feel that he’s violated their venerable “asshole clause” by making statements that they view put many people at risk of harm or of being placed in harm’s way. They even demanded he take a course on professionalism in public statements. For Peterson, that’s a bridge too far. That’s the totalitarian fascist Trudeau regime —with their too short pants and too loud socks — snuffing out his ‘freedom” of speech. Except those Trudeau hell-hole Nazis have zero to do with it, it’s the freaking College of Psychologists of Ontario that’s making this demand of him, thus driving him out of the country.
You know what? Sometimes it’s just fun to talk like Jordan, It’s sort of like making fun of a North Korean news anchor. Upon reflection, I’m gonna miss the prick.
Jordan says he’s “less popular in my own neighbourhood than I am anywhere else in the world.” Well how about that? If I knew where he lived, I’d send the place a community fruit basket.
So off he goes to America, to be with the likes of Tucker Carlson, Joe Rogan, Alex Jones, and that whole Volkswagen full of laughs and levity. He’ll fit right in with that crowd. In fact, he already does.
But if there were ever to be a Mount Rushmore for assholes, Jordan wouldn’t make the cut, and that’s axiomatic. America has plenty of its own home-grown assholes that would get carved out of the rocks first. But maybe, if we were start one of our own here in Canada, most likely to be in Alberta — actually surprised the Alberta government hasn’t thought of this yet — he may have a legitimate shot.
Now if we could only find an LGBTQ++ sculptor to do the work.
NEWSMAGRENFREW 