So my question is: is public anger directed at an individual who you deem to be acting in a way that is harmful to vulnerable people ever warranted? Is it is ever a 'good' to do so, especially in the context where you could have dialed down your anger and not direct it specifically at a single person?
It's interesting that Russel Brand is asking Jordan Peterson in a way to not identify the individual in this situation but talk in generalities. Would he be happier if Peterson just referred to an "anonymous famous"
person who self-mutilates, and through their fame and actions might inspire other young people to do so? With dire results?
In this particular case - the law of three applied - I think he was right to call Page out. She is in the spotlight, her transitioning was proudly and widely announced. Through her status, she has some influence - especially on a topic that spreads like fire through social contagion recently. The people who truly suffer from gender dysphoria and would have transitioned would have done it anyway, no matter who said what and where, and have been doing it for quite a while. What's happening these days though, is that a lot of confused, depressed, perhaps on the spectrum, perhaps suffering from mental illness kids, are made to believe that if they take the hormones and cut parts of their body, they will finally feel better and they will fit in. It's obviously not Page's fault, to begin with, but she is an influencer. Probably a victim herself, of attention-seeking narcissism or just trying to work through her own mental illness or handled by sinister Holywood forces, who knows. If Peterson's comment can make some people think and perhaps save a couple of kids from the transitioning hole, I think it was worth it, even if Page feels offended by it.
And speaking of sinister Holywood forces
Lex Fridman had a long talk with Keney West recently. Lex's beef with West in this interview was West's assertion that Jews are behind everything in the media industry or words to that effect. In contrast to Russel Brand's point, Lex chided West for his generalization and wished that he had named names and individual deeds instead of grouping an entire race in his assertion.
So obviously, there are some topics that are "highly sensitive" when it comes to publicly talking about them and there's a plethora of advice out there as well as punishments imposed if you talk about them the "wrong way". And because I am curious and I want to know about stuff and what's really going on, I think that people like Peterson and West should keep on talking about them, even if they don't do it the "right" way because just talking about them will always find them at fault by the media. No matter how they say it, they will be "canceled", it's a no-win situation. And these are topics that need to be talked about. Doing something for the greater good is better than doing nothing, even if one is not doing it in the best possible way, I think.
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