It was an insult towards me actually. All my posts on Peterson have been eloquent and reasonable. I don’t care anymore because you admitted yourself that you’re unwilling to read them, but here’s the part of the VICE interview on makeup. It’s at about the five and a half minute mark.
When asked if he thinks women who want to be taken seriously in the workplace and who wear makeup are being hypocritical, Peterson says yes. I don’t agree with him, but at least he answered directly and didn’t waffle or equivocate, which is what he’s often accused of doing.
But that’s an insane stance. Being direct about is irrelevant IMO.
It’s definitely an extremely conservative viewpoint.
mfm and I (and Frink) went round on that quote too. Likewise I disagreed with Peterson and noted there is a perfectly fine rebuttal. I guess it’s easier to label people insane or evil but I think that’s a losing way to go about things.
Relevant to all this, there was a debate recently with Stephen Fry and Jordan Peterson on one side and Michael Dyson and Michelle Goldberg on the other. The debate was supposed to be about political correctness but failed to really find a focus. Sadly the latter two engaged in superficial and personal attacks on Peterson. Fry was noticeably frustrated at the end by the inability of the opposition to engage on the topic. It’s a 2 hour long youtube video but you all might enjoy Fry’s opening statement at about 30:20.