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Jordan Peterson Breaks Down in Tears When Asked About Olivia Wilde Calling Him a ‘Hero to the Incel Community’: ‘Sure, Why Not?’ – msnNOW

Jordan Peterson broke down in tears during an interview on Piers Morgan Uncensored (via Mediaite) when asked about Olivia Wilde referring to him as a hero to the incel community. Wilde was on her Dont Worry Darling press tour when she revealed to Interview Magazine that Chris Pines villainous character in the film, Frank, is based on Peterson. Wilde called Peterson this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community.

Sure. Why not? Peterson said when Piers Morgan asked if Wildes assessment of him was true. You know, people have been after me for a long time because Ive been speaking to disaffected young men.

Peterson then broke down into tears and said, Its very difficult to understand how demoralized people are, and certainly many young men are in that category. You get these casual insults, these incels what do they mean? These men, they dont know how to make themselves attractive to women who are very picky, and good for them. Women, like, be picky. Thats your gift, man. Demand high standards from your men. Fair enough. But all these men who are alienated, its like theyre lonesome and they dont know what to do and everyone piles abuse on them.

After calling Peterson a hero to incel community, Wilde described incels as disenfranchised, mostly white men, who believe they are entitled to sex from women. And they believe that society has now robbed them that the idea of feminism is working against nature, and that we must be put back into the correct place.

This guy Jordan Peterson is someone that legitimizes certain aspects of their movement because hes a former professor, hes an author, he wears a suit, so they feel like this is a real philosophy that should be taken seriously, Wilde added.

Peterson told Morgan that he wasnt too offended by Wildes comment (it was a low-level insult, he said). Instead, the diss convinced Peterson to check out the Dont Worry Darling trailer.

I thought, Id go see that movie. and perhaps I will, Peterson said. It didnt really bother me [Chris Pine] is a very good looking man I hope he gets my fashion style choice right.

When asked about why he got emotional discussing Wildes comment, Peterson again fought back tears and said, Its really something to see constantly how many people are dying for lack of an encouraging word and how easy it is to provide that if youre careful.

Dont Worry Darling is now playing in theaters nationwide. Watch Peterson and Morgans full discussion below.

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THE WEEK AHEAD: Jews mark the holiest day of the year, Yom Kippur; Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro speak in Jerusalem; and ‘The Rosenberg Report’…

Jewish men pray on the light rail train tracks in Jerusalem on Yom Kippur, the Day of Atonement, Sept. 28, 2020. (Photo: Yonatan Sindel/Flash90)

Heightened security alert continues

Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro speak in Jerusalem

The Rosenberg Report on TBN

Israel-Lebanon maritime-border dispute

Bank of Israel to raise interest rate

New title could shield MBS from lawsuit

THE DAY OF ATONEMENT YOM KIPPUR

The most important holiday in the Jewish faithbegins at sundown on Tuesday, Oct. 4, and ends at nightfall on Wednesday. On Yom Kippur, or the Day of Atonement, Jews around the world fast for 25 hours, as they repent and seek forgiveness for the sins of the past year. The day marks the culmination of the Ten Days of Repentance that begin on Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish new year. According to tradition, God opens the Book of Life on Rosh Hashanah and closes it on Yom Kippur, when He has decided each persons fate.

As a country, Israel halts for the entire day; businesses shut down and roads empty of vehicles. Many attend synagogue services and refrain from any kind of work. Although state law does not prohibit driving on Yom Kippur, almost all citizens refrain from it, religious and secular alike. Israeli children enjoy the holiday to its fullest, rollerblading or riding their bicycles in the middle of the road throughout the country.

HEIGHTENED SECURITY ALERT CONTINUES

Israeli security forces will remain on high alert this week, following tensions between Palestinian visitors and Jewish worshippers on the Temple Mount in Jerusalem. Footage thatcirculatedon social media last week showed a group of Palestinian Arabs attacking Jews from the al-Aqsa mosque, throwing Molotov cocktails and rocks at them despite the heavy IDF presence in the area. The uptick in violence follows an explicit warning from the terrorist group Hamas that the attacks will escalate in the coming days.

JORDAN PETERSON, BEN SHAPIRO SPEAK IN JERUSALEM

Conservative thought-leaders Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro will hold an on-stage conversation about The Future of Freedom in Jerusalem on Thursday, Oct. 6.

The highly anticipated event is already sold-out and is drawing much attention, as it is expected to be Petersons first visit to the Holy Land. Shapiro delivered an address in front of 2,500 Israelis in July as keynote speaker at CPAC Israel, where he defended biblical morality.

According to the organizers of Thursdays event, The Tikvah Fund and Sella Meir Publishing, the two prominent intellectuals from The Daily Wire will discuss questions like:

Which virtues are most under attack, and how can they be protected and restored?

How can Israel, in particular, help confront the challenges facing the free world?

THE ROSENBERG REPORT ON TBN

Mark your calendars: Thursday, Oct. 6, at 9 p.m. EDT, is the debut of ALL ISRAEL NEWS Editor-in-Chief Joel Rosenberg's prime-time weekly program on TBN. Produced in Jerusalem, The Rosenberg Report will offer a close-up of current events and issues in Israel and the Muslim/Arab world. It also will cover major geopolitical, economic and spiritual events and trends in the U.S. and around the world, from a biblical perspective.

Im excited and deeply honored to join forces with TBN, the Trinity Broadcasting Network the worlds most-watched Christian TV network to take our reporting and analysis to vastly larger new audiences, Rosenberg said. Watch the Rosenberg Report trailerhere.

ISRAEL-LEBANON MARITIME-BORDER DISPUTE

Israels security cabinet is expected to convene on Thursday to discuss a draft agreement which aims to settle a maritime-border dispute with Lebanon over the position of an Israeli gas field. Indirect negotiations between the two countries, led by U.S. mediator Amos Hochstein, have been ongoing for months. Haaretzreportsthat the sides seem to have reached some mutual understanding and that a deal is being finalized.

The Israeli opposition, led by former Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, has slammed Prime Minister Yair Lapids government for heading into a deal they say will transfer Israeli territories worth billions of dollars to an enemy state, without allowing any discussion of the issue at the Knesset.

Lapid addressed the potential deal at the weekly Cabinet, confirming that they are discussing the final details. He noted that as we have demanded from the start, the proposal safeguards Israel's full security-diplomatic interests, as well as our economic interests.

For over a decade, Israel has been trying to reach this deal. The security of the north will be strengthened. The Karish field will operate and produce natural gas. Money will flow into the states coffers and our energy independence will be secured. This deal strengthens Israels security and Israels economy, he continued.

BANK OF ISRAEL TO RAISE INTEREST RATE

Mirroring the Federal Reserves move last week, the Bank of Israel is expected to raise the interest rate on Monday in an attempt to fight inflation. According to certain estimates, a hike of 0.5% is likely. The increase will be the fifth time that Israels central bank has raised the interest rate since April. Israels annual consumer price index (CPI) for inflation dipped from 5.2% in July to a 4.6% rate in August. It is considerably lower than U.S. inflation, which stands at 8.3%.

NEW TITLE COULD SHIELD MBS FROM LAWSUIT

A U.S. court case against Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman, who was named Saudi Arabias prime minister last week, will face a crucial deadline on Monday. The case involves bin Salmans alleged connection to the murder of journalist Jamal Khashoggi and was initiated by Khashoggis fiance.

As ordered by the court, the Biden administration will have to weigh in on whether the prince should be protected by sovereign immunity, which usually is granted to a world leader, such as a prime minister or king. The timing of bin Salman receiving his new title has been seen as an attempt to evade the lawsuits potential implications, and is also a major step of ascension to the helmof Saudi leadership.

This week we are also keeping an eye on these developing stories:

... Where does Italys new prime minister standon Israel?

... Is Jerusalem at the heart of the battlefor Brazil?

... What is driving the mass protests in Iran and why are Iranian womencutting their hair?

... What exactly is The Rapture and what happens to those who are left behind?

... Why do some Christians believe The Rapturewill happen on or around Rosh Hashanah?

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Jordan Peterson says he would rather die than delete his ‘hateful …

Canadian clinical psychologist and YouTube personality Jordan Peterson said he would rather die than delete the tweet he posted about actor Elliot Page last month.

Speaking to the National Post, Peterson, 60, said Twitter had temporarily suspended most of his account's features on June 28 after he tweeted about the 35-year-old actor. In his now-deleted post, Peterson referred to Page using his former name and claimed he had his "breasts removed by a criminal physician."

I penned an irritated tweet in response to one of the latest happenings on the increasingly heated culture war front, Peterson told the publication. There are no rules on Twitter except dont do what we dont like today. They are always applied post hoc by algorithms and idiots bent on maintaining their woke superiority.

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Mikhaila Peterson, the Canadian psychologists daughter, called out Twitter following the temporary suspension and tagged Elon Musk in her post, writing, Definitely not a free speech platform at the moment.

The YouTube personality addresses his irritated tweet in a video posted on Friday, explaining that his Twitter accounts restrictions will only be lifted once he deletes his post.

I have essentially been banned from Twitter as a consequence. I say banned, although technically I have been suspended. But the suspension will not be lifted unless I delete the hateful tweet in question, and I would rather die than do that, Peterson says in his video. And hopefully it will not come to that, although who the hell knows in these increasingly strange days?

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Petersons tweet was a reaction to a New York Post article about Page, who announced that he is transgender and non-binary in December 2020, and his excitement over being introduced as a transgender character on Netflixs Umbrella Academy.

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In May, Peterson also found himself embroiled in controversy for calling plus-size model Yumi Nu "not beautiful" in a tweet. After facing online backlash, he announced he would be quitting Twitter for a few weeks.

Nu, who became the first Asian plus-size model to grace the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit, responded to Petersons words with a TikTok video of her lip-syncing Nicki Minaj's "Itty Bitty Piggy."

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Jordan Peterson Cried Discussing How Dont Worry Darling Incel King Was Based on Him – Jezebel

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Jordan Peterson appeared on Piers Morgan Uncensored Wednesday morning,and there was a single bright spot in two of the worst men in the world convening for a televised gab sesh: Peterson, at one point, broke down in tears.

While I cannot judge whether these tears were genuine or not, the red-meat-guzzling alpha male appeared to cry shortly after Morgan asked him about Dont Worry Darling director Olivia Wildes recent comments about him in Interview magazine. In the movie, Frank (Chris Pine), the main antagonist, is the leader of an incel-like cult, and Wilde explained that Frank was inspired by Peterson. We based that character on this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who is this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community, she told actor Maggie Gyllenhaal in the interview.

Wilde added, Jordan Peterson is someone that legitimizes certain aspects of [incels] movement because hes a former professor, hes an author, he wears a suit, so they feel like this is a real philosophy that should be taken seriously.

This morning, Morgan asked the controversial author for his reaction to these comments: This insane man, this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community, incel being these weirdo loner men who are despicable in many waysis that you? Are you the intellectual hero to these people? he said.

Sure, why not, Peterson replied, visibly emotional. People have been after me for a long time, because I have been speaking to young men, what a terrible thing to do. At that moment, he appeared to weep, before continuing, I thought the marginalized were supposed to have a voice?

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Wheres my tiny violin?

However casually the term incel may be wielded nowadays, incelswho weaponize their own frustrations and entitlement as an excuse to harass and abuse womenare extremely dangerous andbecoming more radical and violent. A new study found members of the most popular incel forumsviewed by 2.6 million people per monthmention the word kill every 37 minutes and the word rape every 29 minutes, and the subjects of their ire are, obviously, women and girls. Incels are largely fueled by the notion that women having rights amounts to mens oppressionand it certainly doesnt help when influential men go on TV and openly weep about how supposedly persecuted men are.

Noting Petersons emotional state at this point in their interview, Morgan asked if Wildes comments had stung him. Peterson called them kind of low-level compared to at least one other much-publicized fictional characterization of him. Last year, he was the muse for Ta-Nehisi Coates portrayal of the Nazi super-villain Red Skull in Coates Captain America comic book. Petersons exact response to this, at the time, was, What the hell? On Wednesday he told Morgan, Once I got painted as Red Skull, you know, a magical super-Nazi, that was kind of the end of the insults. Theres no place past that.

Despite the literal tears in Petersons eyes, he tried to save face by claiming to not be ~triggered~ by Wildes description of him. It didnt really bother me, he said, adding that he quite liked the trailer of the movie, though he hasnt watched it in full yet.

I said, I hope that you know that if I had to be played by someone, I think Chris [Pine] is a very good-looking man, Peterson continued. So that seems alright, you know.

Earlier in the interview, Peterson spoke at length about his frustration with how the demoralized young men whom he inspires are perceived. God, you know, its very difficult to understand how demoralized people are, and certainly many young men are in that category, he said. And you get these casual insults, these incelswhat does it mean? Of men who are characterized as incels, Peterson said theyre just rightfully upset that they dont know how to make themselves attractive to womenhis words, not mine!!

Women, like, be picky. Thats your gift, man. Demand high standards from your man. Fair enough, Peterson said. But all these men who are alienated, its like, theyre lonesome and they dont know what to do and everyone piles abuse on them.

If, as Peterson understands it, all cis, straight men have to fear in life is rejection, that still sounds like a luxury compared to what women are dealing with: being forced to give birth, attacked and disbelieved for reporting abuse, and bombarded by constant online death and rape threats. But, sure, Jordanhave a good cry about how marginalized men are!

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Peterson, Rogan, Tate: The cult of toxic masculinity – The Daily Star

What do a clinical psychologist, an ex-kickboxer and a colour commentator have in common? In an ideal world, the answer would be: nothing. Unfortunately for us, the three in question are white, male influencers who have an incredibly large audience, a majority of whom are men.

Jordan Peterson, Andrew Tate and Joe Rogan make up a trio of internet "intellectuals" who seem to always be caught up in discussions on a variety of hotbed issues. Sadly, these armchair experts don't seem to have any qualifications backing up their arguments which they often seem impassioned about.

While being passionate about one's opinions is not a bad thing, their particular case might have greater consequences than initially meets the eye.

In a world where optics is everything, online presence is almost a currency. The more you have, the more power is in your hands. If there's an opinion or idea you want to put out into the world, and you have a large enough audience behind you, you can peddle any narrative or ideology you see fit. In most cases, with very little consequences to boot.

Now, our three musketeers of questionable opinions Peterson, Rogan and Tate are all individuals with massive followings online. They have their hordes of internet fans and supporters, many of whom are ready to blindly follow them into the abyss.

Sadly, at least two out of three of them have the intent to lead you into the darkness, to further their own personal agendas, all while acting like their particular beliefs come from rationality and knowledge.

Let's look at Peterson to make our case. The man began his climb to fame in 2016, when he posted a three-part video series called "Professor Against Political Correctness" on his YouTube channel. At the time, Peterson was a professor at the University of Toronto, and was growing increasingly concerned about a federal amendment which would add gender identity to the Canadian Human Rights Act.

His video series focused on combating the planned amendment using "logic," "reason," and "academia." Peterson framed his arguments under the guise of "concern" and used it to build a following of others who shared in his opinions. While some flocked to him because they shared his opinions from the get-go, others without any preconceived notions swayed with his opinions simply because he sounded like a smart person who had stuff figured out.

However, Tabatha Southey a columnist for Macleans best described Jordan Peterson when they called him a "stupid man's smart person." In an interview with The Guardian, Southey said, "Peterson's secret sauce is to provide an academic veneer to a lot of old-school rightwing cant, including the notion that most academia is corrupt and evil, and banal self-help patter. He's very much a cult thing, in every regard. I think he's a goof, which does not mean he's not dangerous."

Peterson's initial taste for fame alone was concerning. He was amplifying the voice of the alt-right, and reworking it into his own vernacular to make it sound educated, rather than bigoted.

Joe Rogan, on the other hand, is not an alt-right or conservative media personality. Personally, I don't think Rogan even has malicious intent or any grand schemes. The comedian/UFC commentator has built up his reputation around being a centrist. His once-number-one podcast, "The Joe Rogan Experience" became a hit due to its interview format.

On a typical day, when he isn't talking to a celebrity or a UFC star, Rogan brings in an "expert" of a certain topic. In a lot of cases, he invites personalities from both sides of the political spectrum. Rogan's entire schtick involves him learning about topics from his guests, while trying to relate all of the new information he is learning to the things he knows most about: martial arts, drugs, hunting, and so on.

Where all of this goes wrong, however, is that Rogan provides a platform to people like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro, hence allowing his audience to be exposed to people with an agenda. If we take a look at Rogan's core fanbase, it is clear that a large portion of it consists of men who love the host because of his old-school ideologies around masculinity.

Now, when you expose such ideologies to a group of vulnerable men, who are in the process of trying to understand their sense of masculinity and self, it allows you to shape their ideologies and beliefs. These are malleable minds, looking for their own identity. In a lot of cases, these individuals are already defensive, as they find themselves in a world that is trying to hold men more accountable.

In such a state, it is often easy to indoctrinate these men with a set of beliefs that gives them some sense of identity. When Joe Rogan talks about his opinions about men needing to be more masculine and dominating, these viewers latch onto these ideas. Similarly, when Peterson comes onto JRE and talks about how socialists and the "left" are ruining our sense of tradition, and that men are being attacked unnecessarily, the same listeners feel a sense of kinship and adopt this line of thought.

Joe Rogan, in trying to be the centrist figurehead who opens up discussions and thereby hoping to establish a common ground between the right and the left has empowered individuals like Peterson, Shapiro, Dr Robert Malone, and so forth. He has enabled these snake oil salesmen to peddle their worldview to many impressionable people. Not unlike our man Andrew Tate.

Playing off similar sentiments as Rogan, Tate quite literally ran a Ponzi scheme through his online academy, Hustler's University to both launch himself into the spotlight, while also making a nice amount of profit. It was young and impressionable men-turned-fanboys who made Tate famous overnight.

Andrew Tate lives by the philosophy that controversy gets you clicks and engagement. Stir up enough trouble, and people will have to see you plastered across the internet. In the same way that he took a page out of Rogan's book, Tate also took notes from Peterson. If you sit down and watch an Andrew Tate video (without immediately suffering an aneurysm, of course), you'll realise just how much of a pseudo-intellectual the man really is.

The former kickboxer preaches everything from the idea that women are a man's property to suggesting that victims of rape should bear responsibility for the crime they have suffered. Tate takes on the persona of a cool, collected, and rational playboy who even has "justifications" to back up his arguments.

For quite a while, he dominated platforms like TikTok and YouTube, building up a cult of devoted followers, who would amplify his voice even more.

Now, this is not the first time the internet has been used to start cult-like groups. Think of the alt-right and incels. The former while not founded on the internet saw great success in the medium, and the latter originated on the web and is a well-renowned hate group.

We constantly allow personalities like Peterson and Tate to create a dedicated following on certain platforms in the name of free speech. But when these individuals then leverage their online presence to indoctrinate the impressionable, doesn't that leave us in a dangerous place?

What happens, when more impassioned fans of people like Tate decide that they've had enough words, and now it is time for action? What if, like former US president Donald Trump, Tate asked his followers to go out and mobilise against something he disagreed with?

When platforms like YouTube, TikTok and Instagram finally got around to banning Andrew Tate, his videos had already been viewed billions of times. If Facebook's role in the Myanmar genocide has not made it apparent just how grave the consequences of online indoctrination and misinformation can be, then surely the US Capitol attack should.

Yet, people like Jordan Peterson and Ben Shapiro still continue to exist and indoctrinate the next generation in subtler ways than Tate could. If we continue to allow these people to exploit freedom of speech to build their own cults of misogynistic men, then incidents like the Capitol attack will be the least of our worries.

Aaqib Hasib is a sub-editor at The Daily Star. Reach him at aaqib.hasib@thedailystar.net

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