“The conservatives have to sacrifice Trump and the stolen election narrative. The liberals have to sacrifice DIE and CRT. The road to peace requires its pound of flesh from both parties.” -Jordan Peterson
I like Jordan Peterson, but this little tweet just rubbed me all wrong. Ever pet a cat the wrong way and make sparks? Just like that.
First of all, peace is highly over rated. We don’t make peace with evil or peace with wrong doing. This kind of ”peace” always reminds me of draping a paper town over a broken egg in the kitchen and declaring it’s all cleaned up. You haven’t fixed anything, you’ve just hidden the mess away.
Second of all, the truth is not a “narrative” that one can just negotiate away. CRT really is an ideology, a narrative. It’s a way of perceiving the world. Somebody steals my car, that is NOT a “narrative.” We can speculate about what motivated them, who did it, or what should be done about it. Those are narratives, but unless you can produce my car, we got a clear case of objective reality going on here.
Those of us who supported Trump have now been subjected to a brutal lockdown, endless covid lies, the theft of our economy, and a stolen election. That’s not a “narrative,” that’s a lived experience, observable reality, objective truth.
Suggesting one needs to surrender objective reality is actually abuse, gaslighting. Which brings me to my third objection, the pound of flesh. Anything requiring a pound of flesh is not compromise or reconciliation. EVER! It’s always vengeance or abuse. I’m not talking about paying for a broken window or something, but rather, demanding a pound of flesh. That is revenge, not the path to peace.
Myself, I’m a bit fed up with both parties, which are sometimes hard to tell apart because they are so self serving and prone to be loyal towards whatever wind is favorable at the moment. So they can both give up a pound of flesh and a pox on their house, too. But don’t expect me to hold hands and sing kumbaya. I won’t be meeting in the middle and I won’t be surrendering the truth. This sure ain’t my, “new normal.“
Lastly, those who think I am full of opinions and haven’t got the decency to keep them to myself, thank a veteran, and remember those who didn’t come home, those who gave their lives fighting to protect ideals and dreams that although yet unrealized, some of us still hold dear.
Free speech. Freedom of the press. Free elections.
Happy Memorial Day 2021 ya’ll.
See, there's this thing called biology... 
I’m a veteran. Thank you! And do not ever stop making your opinions known!
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Thank you for your service, and for your kind words, too. 🙂
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Obviously veterans are not a monolith. That being said, do you like people walking up to you to say “thank you for your service”? I see some veterans wear some of their military gear and then some folks in public make a point to walk up to them and thank them for their service. I wouldn’t want strangers coming up to me to say the same, standard line, and interrupt my day. Do you enjoy it when people do that and say such to you?
If you do appreciate it, thanks for serving your country in the armed forces.
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Hazah!! Happy Reflective Memorial Weekend
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Yayyy! Memorial weekend is probably a good time to be reflective. 🙂
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Reblogged this on Talk Wisdom and commented:
This post written by IB is just so good! Speaking truth to power is just the beginning. There are nefarious people and politicians in power today who obviously do not have the best interests of “We the People” in mind…ever! What goes on in their corrupt minds and souls is obvious in their terrible speech, constant lies and awful actions. It’s the “win at all costs“ mindset that reveals their evil intentions.
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Thank you, Christine! Much appreciated. 🙂
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That quote from Jordan Peterson rubbed me the wrong way too and your description of petting a cat the wrong way is perfectly accurate!
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Ha! We shall hiss at him together, Tricia.
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Thankfully we still live in a country that will allow us to express our opinions. The trouble will manifest when that no longer exists. As we watch our basic principles fall into oblivion, we must speak out and be heard. Thanks for another great post!
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Thanks, Kathy. Happy Memorial Day! It always feels odd saying that, but happy gratitude and freedom day.
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Jordan Peterson isn’t an American and he’s not a Christian. The first is relevant because it means I don’t have to care what his political opinions are. The second is only relevant because Christians have attached themselves to him as though he were a pastor or prophet. He’s not. He’s a mentally ill recovering drug addict who has never accepted Jesus as Lord. He just loses credibility on all counts to me. I don’t understand why so many people follow him.
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It’s fascinating to me how divided people are over JP! I know Vox hates him and has even written book against him, but then again Vox is about as appealing to me as eating dryer lint. I do think JP is being stalked by God, chased down by the Hound of Heaven Himself, and very close to accepting Jesus as Lord.
I laughed about JP not being an American, because that is really true! Some people say there is no such thing as ”American culture,” but if you spend time with Canadians some of those embedded quirks and cultural values really come to light. Not saying that’s a bad thing, just that what works in Canada does not necessarily work in America.
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Vox Day’s criticism of most people is rooted in his own envy and psychological projection. I’ve always seen Vox and most of those other Alt-RINOs as the Reactionary Left. Actually Marxist Philosophy even states that reactionary movements arise to co-opt what they’re doing, but the Radical Left’s propagandists have been prudent not to point that fact out so that they can portray the Red Pills has typical of the Right. If you read what most of the Left thinks of Jordan Peterson, it’s not much higher than they think of Vox Day; and I doubt if Peterson’s capitulation is going to make much difference to them.
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I can’t summon the energy to dislike JP as much as VD does. I just don’t consider him an authority on spirituality or psychology. He might very well be an important voice for Canadian politics, so I’ll give him that. But for American politics, nah.
Hopefully, you are right and he will become a Christian someday. For now, though, he’s leading Christians rather than the other way around. I find that a little scary.
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Yes . Vengeance is mine, sayeth the Lord . I’m sitting in my carport listening to my husband mow the lawn on our PRIVATE property. The left hates me because I’m a White, conservative, Christian, heterosexual SAHM , Trump voter, anti-abortion, pro-gun rights etc, etc . I don’t hate them for trying to destroy my freedoms, but I do want to stop them.
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So true! I was talking to a woman who said, “I’m supposed to hate people like you” and we had a nice chat and it was lovely visit, but I thought, “supposed to?” Who is telling you what to think and feel and why do you let them?
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Peterson’s argument is exactly what’s wrong with Conservatism right now. This bozo thinks there’s some moral equivalence between accepting the results of a democratic and transparent election, and not resisting a Color Revolution which seized power and whose declared intention is the overthrow of Western Civilization. He’s delusion if he believes that the ‘Liberals’ (i.e. the hard Left) is going to sacrifice anything for the sake of ‘getting along’ with Christians and Conservatives. The only thing they’re interested in sacrificing is OUR lives, liberties, and property.
All one has to do is read through this Junta’s terminology and policies—which are barely indistinguishable from position-papers written by the World Economic Forum—and note that they have LOTS of objectives with specific dates attached for completion. The Head-of-State even remarked at a Press Conference last month that he doubted that there’d be a Republican Party in 2024. But people like Peterson want to keep their heads in the sand and think we’re coming back with some ‘Red Wave’ led by Bruce Jenner and Kevin McCarthy.
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Exactly, Night wind. You said it bit more colorfully than I did, but JPs little tweet really does sum up what is wrong with much of conservatism right now.
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What is DIE?
The election wasn’t stolen. Trump is a liar, as is any other politician. Nobody holds great power without being owned by the elites. Voting restrictions, gerrymandering, and new voting laws, as well as having the areas most likely to be voting democrat to be underserved and produce long voting lines — all that is Republicans’ doing, in order to artificially win elections (steal elections).
People should be more concerned with classism than any right versus left fake drama.
JP is a misogynist. An atheist, too.
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I think DIE in this context stands for diversity, inclusion, and equality. That acronym right there should alert people to the fact that this isn’t about making peace.
JP is definitely not an atheist. Not even close.
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You’re right. I was incorrect in thinking JP is an atheist. And furthermore, there are secular folks whose ideas I’ve considered, in spite of them not being Christian, so who am I to talk.
Lots of misogynists and more specifically incels/MRAs/MGTOWs adore JP and that says something.
Thanks for letting me know what DIE was.
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