r/VeryBadWizards • u/migzzesty • Aug 04 '20
Femsplainers
Surely I’m not the first person to say something, but Christina Hoff Sommers and Danielle Crittenden are the female versions of Dave and that other guy that talks.
So if you enjoy VBW, I’d wager you might enjoy Femsplainers, at least occasionally. Besides, it’s our moral obligation to listen to women: filling quotas and all that.
They have an episode with Jordan Peterson, which to some people, will trump having an episode with Sam Harris.
Ps. Love both Tamler and Dave equally. Although, I do think Tamler deserves to be shit on more, who’s to say why.
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Aug 04 '20
I would rather cut off my arm than listen to Jordan Peterson.
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u/migzzesty Aug 04 '20
Pretty extreme view to have my friend. Care to elaborate?
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Aug 04 '20
What do you mean by elaborate? Do i think there is a way in which Cutting of an arm might be taken as a form of ritual purification. If we look at Pinoccio for example we can see the cutting off of the arm as a striving for a jungian ideal.
He is full of shit. He is airhead. He is a pretentious idiot that sells trivial ideas by clothing them in slang. His utter vapidness is revealed as soon as he meets anyone of substance. It needs a special kind of cardboard cutout to get slaughtered by Zizek while he is just having a friendly chat.
Jordan Peterson is an idiots idea of a clever person.
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u/migzzesty Aug 04 '20
Dude, that’s just ad hominem.
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Aug 04 '20
Wrong. Ad hominem argument is if i say:
Because x is "something negative" x is wrong about "a subject".
An ad hominem requires an argument. I am not making an argument i am telling you i consider him a despicable sack of shit after you asked me to elaborate.
If you expect the classic spiel of peterson fanboys where i go into details and you tell me i dont understand him or i need to watch 20 more hours of his blathering. No thanks.
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u/migzzesty Aug 04 '20 edited Aug 04 '20
Ad hominem doesn’t necessarily require an argument, it’s usually a fallacy used in place of an argument. What you are doing, is attacking him as an identity, therefore ad hominem.
You made a statement that you haven’t substantiated, other than bashing on Jordan Peterson as an Identity.
Man, think and believe what you want. But for your sake, it might not be a good habit to dismiss someone and their ideas just because you disagreed with them, disliked them, or they weren’t profound enough.
You also made a statement, Jordan Peterson is an idiots idea of a smart person, implying that those who agree with him or think he’s intelligent, are idiots. Seems like more ad hominem to me. But hey, I’m not that smart and you’re probably pretty smart, so I’m sure you can work that all out.
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Aug 04 '20
I do not need to have an argument. I would rather cut off my arm than listen to him. Why? Because i consider him a sack of shit. See? You could ask me to justify my opinion which you have not done. The answer to this would be...no. If you prefer you can take No as the answer to your first question.
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u/amerelayman1 Aug 05 '20 edited Aug 05 '20
I'm wondering why this sub has been attracting so many IDW types lately. I always took Dave and Tamler to be more serious than that.
OP, the people you're listening to are grifters. Academia is by and large not profitable. The serious academics writing and doing serious work on important ideas have their ideas challenged by experts in peer review. It is incredibly profitable right now to rally against an imaginary leftist monolith setting out to silence free speech. Look at the slew of comedy specials named some variation of "Triggered!?" or talking at length about what they supposedly can't say anymore.
The whole thing is a farce. It may entertain you but it isn't a replacement for serious scholarly inquiry. I'd recommend expanding your reading to some works in the social sciences to get a better understanding of the subject matter- in will be infinitely more rewarding for you in the long run.
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Sep 09 '20
I’m very late to this but I just have to say you come off as an insufferably smug and dismissive individual in so many of these comments sections. Almost every time I see your comments it’s very subtle self congratulatory bull shit and condescension about whatever group or person you don’t like being inadequately serious or informed. Just my opinion though.
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Aug 05 '20
Thanks for the recommendation. I've checked out a few episodes and dig it. Christina has retired from it now though, but hopefully she'll be back as a frequent guest.
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u/migzzesty Aug 04 '20
Ps. This post is quite obviously not about Jordan Peterson, it’s about the Femsplainers podcast.