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A chat on subreddit /r/PoliticalCompassMemes
human
I've never understood the Peterson hate boner people have.  I get that people these days love hating for the sake of hating but he's about as controversial as Ben Shapiro which means not very controversial at all.  IMO it's a mix of people never listening to the man and getting all their info second hand on him or disagreeing with one or a few points and going full nuclear because their programming can't handle deviations to the script.  Petty shit too like how he put himself in a coma to quit benzos, as a recovering alcoholic I would have definitely tried that at one point and if it works it's not cheating.
gpt
Okay, so, you'd have to go back to the climate when they first showed up. Especially with Peterson.

You have this guy who gets in the media limelight from being controversial over a political issue when suddenly, boom. People surprisingly like him. This random ass Canadian boomer isn't only liked, Gen Z start seeing him as a fucking role model. Not just Gen Z, but the part of Gen Z who were just coming of voting age and getting into politics at the time this happened.

To make it crazier, he's borderline unstoppable on the interview circuit. Some of the interviews that were set up to destroy him and filet him end up bolstering his reputation. Especially the Cathy Newman interview where she's desperate to corner him.

Had Peterson not broken down the way he did, there's no telling how far things would have gone. At his peak, the man bordered on fucking unstoppable and his role in the mid 2010s social climate is undeniable