Post #164453

2026-01-28 19:47 UTC

But this guy's not a serious thinker, and his host Jordan B. Peterson is not a serious thinker, so he can simply let his assertions dangle and flap about. Peterson's on his side and isn't going to challenge or call out Thiel's shoddy rhetoric. They're just *burbling*. These are people whose idea of "smart" means making smart-sounding noises at dinner. Peterson in particular barely needs to try any more! He dresses up like the Riddler and says weird things for attention—he hasn't had to *make sense* in a long long time. (cont'd)

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@alyx_woodward@universeodon.com 2026-01-28 19:51

But therein lies the problem. That whole right-wing "Dark Intellectual" crowd hasn't had to make a lick of sense, and yet they've bought #journalism effectively and strangled honest reportage about themselves. I'm quite certain there's been a massive amount of patient and painstaking investigative journalism into ALL these frauds going on for decades (there's certain websites devoted to the study of such pseudo-intellectual cranks which CAN be trusted to have reasonable opinions about them) and it's a shame, it's a pity really, that all such work isn't far more public and freely known. (cont'd)

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