The article describes three instances where Jordan Peterson, a Canadian psychologist, left his debate opponents stunned with his logical arguments. In the first instance, Peterson debated a liberal journalist, Simon Wilson, who tried to provoke him but ended up being schooled by Peterson's calm and logical responses. In the second instance, Peterson debated a trans activist and argued that regulating language could lead to chaos, and that the government should not dictate what people can say. In the third instance, Peterson debated a woke professor who accused him of being a racist, but Peterson responded with a monologue that exposed the flaws in the professor's argument and argued that racism has no place in rational thought.
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1. Jordan Peterson is a Canadian psychologist known for his debates and discussions.
2. He was interviewed by Simon Wilson, a journalist from the New Zealand Herald.
3. During the interview, Wilson questioned Peterson's book and pointed out things that weren't even there.
4. Wilson told Peterson that the meaning of his words in his book was that he was better than other people and that everyone needed to be like him.
5. Peterson denied this and said it was not what he was saying.
6. Wilson stated that Peterson made a lot of people very upset, and Peterson replied that he made a small and noisy minority very upset.
7. Peterson mentioned that journalistic accounts of him today basically said the same thing over and over again.
8. Wilson laughed off Peterson's comment.
9. Wilson talked about how Jordan's audience lacked diversity and that it is mostly comprised of angry white men.
10. Peterson replied that his content was free for all, and he couldn't help who decided to watch it.
11. Peterson quoted that over 40,000 people had attended his events, and there hadn't ever been any sign of aggression.
12. Peterson revealed that 80 percent of his students had been women, which nullifies the claim that his content was only for men.
13. Peterson had a conversation with a trans activist about the regulation of language and pronouns.
14. Peterson pointed out that regulation of language could lead to ultimate chaos.
15. Peterson said that if the shift in pronouns was truly evolution, there was no need to protect it by hate speech laws.
16. Peterson mentioned that in the English language, words played the role of tools, and that in this era, the tools weren't useful as such.
17. Peterson pointed out that with laws regarding pronouns, the government was requiring people to use certain language.
18. Peterson thinks that it's not the government's job to decide what people can say, and that if this ends up happening, it could be disastrous.
19. Peterson linked this topic to a much bigger issue of censorship.
20. Peterson had a heated exchange with an apparently woke professor, who wouldn't listen to what Peterson had to say.
21. The professor said that Peterson wasn't suffering from anything except an exaggerated sense of entitlement and resentment.
22. Peterson launched into a monologue that ended everything right there, talking about how race got dragged into the comments made against him.
23. Peterson said that even if you were selfish, it only makes sense that you'd keep available all the sources provided by everyone without discriminating against everyone.
24. Peterson insisted that political correctness was definitely not the way to go.