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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While most comments focus on the girl having lots of “cushion for the pushin’,” I bet she also has to wax her moustache off daily.
I agree. She has a very pretty face and hair, and I can’t imagine why anyone would voluntarily wear that hideous garment.
They’re pissed because he’s right. While she has a lovely face, the rest of her picture is just revolting.
Jordan Peterson should not have claimed he himself should have been on the cover...oh wait he didn’t.
That’s really funny. Together they have his voice, speaking patterns and mannerisms down.
I’m curious how many posters on this thread have wives who are a similar shape. I’m going to guess most of them. And how many posters on this thread are fat or old enough to look like saggy baggy elephants?
Yumi NO! Not buying Swimsuit issue his year.
In the case of Sports Illustrated, they take a break from actual sports coverage for their annual swimsuit issue. They were commonly criticized by people who were probably never frequent readers because the swimsuit issue featured supermodels, and supposedly created an unrealistic expectation of beauty.
But I haven't read Sports Illustrated in a long, long time though I was once a subscriber. It seems as though even their sports coverage is dominated by political and cultural subtext. No surprise that this special issue has taken on a feminist slant.
Sports Illustrated is just one more institution that has been dragged down by people who find excellence to be threatening.
“I’m curious how many posters on this thread have wives who are a similar shape. I’m going to guess most of them. And how many posters on this thread are fat or old enough to look like saggy baggy elephants?”
I’d venture to guess a majority.
Difference is they don’t get put up on the cover of Sports Illustrateed as the symbol of beauty and sexiness. Nor would they want to.
The criticism you see here is not so much about her as it is about SI trying to redefine for us what’s beautiful.
Years ago I was in the jewelery business and would receive a few trade magazines gratis. National Jeweler, Modern Jeweler stuff like that. My now ex wife would grab them out of the mail and use a sharpie to draw bikinis on the models because she didn’t think that much nudity was necessary to demonstrate a necklace. She also wanted to remove the temptation of the flesh from before my eyes.
This cover does not represent a temptation. However it does remind me of most middle age and older ladies. Rather hard to find a female over 40 that isn’t built like this.
Just my 2 cents worth and now that will buy you a teaspoon of gas.
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Love it!! I need to look for a replay vid of that exchange.
Just to watch, over and over.
:-)
There is a link in the post...it was kind of funny, because I saw that about a year ago and I was visualizing it from memory...I had to go back and watch it again to see if my brain remembered it right, and it wasn’t perfect, but close...at my age, I appreciate that!
LOL, that was pretty funny!
LINK: Jordan Peterson debate on the gender pay gap, campus protests and postmodernism
Having said that, if SI wants to continue the swimsuit issue, they should just produce what the subscribers want, and not appease the most strident voices, who are unlikely to be subscribers in any event.
Thank you!!!
Lobster as the last topping on the pizza just killed me! :)
Glad you liked it.
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