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Title: Marina Hyde on Jordan Peterson
Post by: Nearly Sane on November 02, 2018, 01:59:18 PM
Excellent, as ever


https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2018/nov/01/pity-jordan-peterson-lobster-analogy-replace-sense-humour
Title: Re: Marina Hyde on Jordan Peterson
Post by: jeremyp on November 02, 2018, 04:04:45 PM
Excellent, as ever


https://www.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/lostinshowbiz/2018/nov/01/pity-jordan-peterson-lobster-analogy-replace-sense-humour
Not really.

All I got is that she has a deep dislike for Jordan Peterson. The first sentence of the article contains an egregious falsehood. Then it descends into hate filled spite.

I'll admit I don't know much about Jordan Peterson except that he once tried to use lobsters to explain some aspect of human behaviour which means he is probably wrong about a lot of things. A thoughtful critique of his ideas would be excellent. This is not it.
Title: Re: Marina Hyde on Jordan Peterson
Post by: bluehillside Retd. on November 02, 2018, 04:11:15 PM
Have to agree with jeremy here - I stared reading it this morning but gave up part-way. Seemed to me more of an ad hom than a critique of ideas.
Title: Re: Marina Hyde on Jordan Peterson
Post by: Rhiannon on November 02, 2018, 05:28:13 PM
I saw something of hers the other day where she said someone had Lego hair and at that point I gave up. Ad hom seems to be her thing and makes her difficult to read, which is a shame as she makes some good points.
Title: Re: Marina Hyde on Jordan Peterson
Post by: wigginhall on November 02, 2018, 06:23:00 PM
I usually enjoy Hyde, as she is enjoyably catty.  However, I find Peterson so boring that I couldn't get through it.  Possibly, they picked the wrong columnist  to do this.
Title: Re: Marina Hyde on Jordan Peterson
Post by: Rhiannon on November 02, 2018, 07:32:22 PM
I think it depends on her target. Catty isn't satire.
Title: Re: Marina Hyde on Jordan Peterson
Post by: Steve H on November 03, 2018, 04:45:04 PM
Ms Hyde is something of a super-bitch, but she is witty, which redeems her.