What has Cathy Newman said about Jordan Peterson?

Jordan Peterson being interviewed by Cathy Newman. ‘So shamefully abusive have many of the attacks on Newman been that Channel 4 announced on Friday that it had called in security specialists.’ Photograph: Channel 4 grab

Is this the best Jordan Peterson interview of all time?

At the time of writing it’s had almost 6 million views, and is easily the best Jordan Peterson interview of all time. If you haven’t seen it yet, the whole interview, sadly, can be summed up by the following meme. Cathy Newman wanted to fight and dominate Peterson.

Why is Jordan Peterson so memeable?

The man who helped me clean my room. Like all great thinkers before him, Jordan Peterson is misunderstood. But this makes him incredibly memeable. There are those on the inside who “get it” and those on the outside who don’t. For example, those who’ve been following his talks for some time will likely chuckle when they see the following image:

What did the Peterson-Newman debate really talk about?

They started talking about young men having to grow up and become responsible adults. Newman was confused. Newman wondered why Peterson was qualified to speak about men and women. They started talking about the gender pay gap. Newman tried putting words in Peterson’s mouth. Most of the debate went like this.

What’s the difference between Peterson and Newman’s argument?

Peterson made his case with reference to individual characteristics and attributes; Newman challenged him to consider the structural disadvantages facing, say, women in the workplace or transgender students. Are we really going down the road where speech is included in the same category as fists and batons?

What did Jordan Peterson do to stop the abuse on Twitter?

As the digital temperature rose, Peterson quite rightly intervened on Twitter to stop the abuse: “If you’re threatening her, stop. Try to be civilized in your criticism.”

Who is John Peterson?

Peterson is one of the most eclectic and stimulating public intellectuals at large today, fearless and impassioned in his philosophical inquiries, his application of clinical psychology to sensitive social dilemmas, and his critique of postmodernism and neo-Marxism in academia.