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Oh Peterson is extremely annoying. His preferred style of discussion is essentially an upgraded version of the Shapiro method:
- Throw out an argument
- When this argument is attacked, immediately derail the discussion to talk about definitions
- Whenever it seems like your opponent tries to define something by using a different word, interrupt them by questioning the definition of that word.
It's the idea of platonic ideals but perverted, so that you cannot ever describe things, because to describe you have to use other things to compare them to. Critically, he never uses this argument against himself. His definitions, however circular they are, are unassailable and end up so distorted that he essentially creates his own language.
Take the word "believe". To Peterson, this is defined as "willing to give up your life before renouncing a thing". Who TF uses this word that way?
There wouldn't be a dick joke. You'd be a disgusting monster, preying on children and murdering people, and you'd be portrayed as the ugliest and fattest human ever. Wearing a beret and eating baguette, to subtly hint at your frenchiness. Because J.D. Rowingboat hates trans people so much, she's willing to enter alliances with self proclaimed fascists.