Posted on 05/17/2022 10:17:20 AM PDT by dennisw
Anti-woke Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson QUITS Twitter after being bombarded with a 'vicious flood of insults' for saying plus-size Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model Yumi Nu is 'not beautiful' Peterson, who is known for his outspoken stance against 'woke'
ideologies, took to Twitter on Monday afternoon to offer his thoughts on the new SI Swim Issue Sharing an image of 36-year-old Nu's cover, the Canada-based author wrote: 'Sorry. Not Beautiful. And no amount of tolerance is going to change that'
The clinical psychologist and author's tweet was met with bitter backlash from fellow Twitter users, many of whom hit back with remarks about his looks Hours after his controversial post was shared, Peterson, 59, announced that he would be 'departing Twitter', as a result of the 'vicious insults' he had faced While his account remains active, Peterson - who is a former professor at the University of Toronto - said that he has 'told his staff to change his password' Peterson is known for being openly anti-political correctness and for his 2018 book, 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos, which is an international bestseller Staff at Penguin Random House Canada tried to block publication of his second book, Beyond Order, in 2020 because of Peterson's controversial remarks
Controversial Canadian psychologist Dr. Jordan Peterson has quit Twitter after coming under furious fire for saying that a plus-size Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model is 'not beautiful'.
Peterson, 59, who is famous for his stances against political correctness and 'woke' ideologies, shared his views on the magazine's latest cover star Yumi Nu on Twitter on Monday, posting an image of the 36-year-old curvy model's shoot, while writing: 'Sorry. Not beautiful.
'And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.'
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Within seconds of posting his tweet, Peterson - a clinical psychologist, author, and former professor at the University of Toronto - was met with a flurry of criticism from other users, many of whom began taking aim at his own appearance, while others labeled him an ‘a**’ and a ‘freak’.
‘My guy you look like a child’s skeleton covered in mayonnaise with dryer lint on the top. You’re in no position to be assessing anybody’s beauty you rickety junkie,’ one person fired back at Peterson, who is the author of the international bestselling book 12 Rules For Life: An Antidote to Chaos.
Others flipped the script by copying the words from the psychologist’s tweet and re-posting them with a picture of him.
Nu, 36, a Japanese and Dutch recording artist, became the first-ever Asian plus-size model to be featured in SI Swim as a rookie last year
Initially, Peterson stuck to his guns, firing back at ‘panderers’, and insisting that the decision to feature a plus-size woman on the cover of Sports Illustrated Swimsuit was ‘a conscious and cynical manipulation by the oh-so virtuous politically correct’.
In another tweet he added: ‘It’s a conscious progressive attempt to manipulate and retool the notion of beauty, reliant on the idiot philosophy that such preferences are learned and properly changed by those who know better.’
However, after he continued to be bombarded with what he described as a ‘vicious flood of insults’, Peterson called it quits, announcing that he was ‘departing’ Twitter, while branding the social media platform ‘intrinsically and dangerously insane’.
‘The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else,’ he wrote. ‘I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.’
He continued: ‘So I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation, and am departing once again.
I agree with Jordan Peterson, but its probably not a good choice for a battle to get involved in.
And for what it's worth, the proportions/features of men that are considered attractive are consistent as well. What are they? $$$, and more $$$.
The Purpose Of Political Correctness Is To Humiliate
by R. SCOTT CLARK on February 21, 2015 |
Political correctness is communist propaganda writ small. In my study of communist societies, I came to the conclusion that the purpose of communist propaganda was not to persuade or convince, nor to inform, but to humiliate; and therefore, the less it corresponded to reality the better. When people are forced to remain silent when they are being told the most obvious lies, or even worse when they are forced to repeat the lies themselves, they lose once and for all their sense of probity. To assent to obvious lies is to co-operate with evil, and in some small way to become evil oneself. One’s standing to resist anything is thus eroded, and even destroyed. A society of emasculated liars is easy to control. I think if you examine political correctness, it has the same effect and is intended to.
—Theodore Dalrymple, “Our Culture, What’s Left Of It” (HT: Bob Suden)
Like they say: Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
obesity aside, she is simply NOT “beautiful”
Lucy from Page3 puts her to shame...
I’ve seen some big pretty females but that SI swimsuit gal is not one of them.
Remember, on social media no one has an obligation to like what you say or agree with you. When you post anything, most likely you’ll get disagreement from 50% of your readers.
I thought it was in the eye of the beer holder.
Love you, Jordan. Focus on the good people, not the losers.
Yumi Nu has a very strong incentive not to shape up and slim down. She has fame and money due to being hefty aka plus sized. She will be just an average unknown model if/when she loses 60-70lbs.
So she and her acolytes can clown around today, but she has health problems coming up with 10 years. Plump and pretty is OK, but Yumi has cellulite developing at the young age of 25.
Yumi is probably a goddess in Hawaii and Samoa, and for sumo wrestlers worldwide.
Good article about political correctness. Thanks for posting.
It’s just that there’s nothing attractive about that photo. That swimsuit looks terrible on her! She might look attractive with something better suited to her shape and size.
Like an A-Frame?
I am a Peterson fan and frequently reference him in conversation, but I agree - probably not a hill to die on. His message here is correct. Featuring this model on the SI cover is a concerted effort to force "tolerance," and, "diversity," regardless of whether or not one finds her attractive or not.
That said standards of beauty vary from person to person, culture to culture and age to age. It's why we currently have the gentle euphemism, "Rubenesque."
In past eras when things weren't as bountiful as we have them, robust women were viewed as more fertile and desireable.
Quite honestly, when I saw the Japanese model and theSI cover photo, my first thought was the Venus of Willendorf.
I think she has a pretty face. Beyond that, she could never look good in that suit, it’s ugly and would not flatter any figure.
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