New Zealand on verge of hysterics, removes Jordan Peterson's bestseller 12 Rules for Life

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[–]FormosaOolong 15 insightful - 1 fun15 insightful - 0 fun16 insightful - 1 fun -  (4 children)

Holy crap, this is getting so bad, so fast.

I don't care what stripe of writing this guy does--why does anyone think it's okay to shut down anyone's voice, and all of our collective rights to buy and read whatever the fuck we want? How does an authoritarian state help, whatever side of the imaginary intellectual fence you're on? Are people really that dumb that if it's the "other" guy now, it's not going to be you next? Jeepers.

[–]SaidtItFirst 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (3 children)

And now I'm curious know what it said.

[–]SuperConductiveRabbi 9 insightful - 1 fun9 insightful - 0 fun10 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

Ironically, it says to reject identitarianism, reject extremism, focus on yourself and what you can immediately improve, and bear as much responsibility as you can. Traditionalist, rational, and conservative ideas.

[–]SaidtItFirst 1 insightful - 1 fun1 insightful - 0 fun2 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

identitarianism

Had to Google that, not what I expected.

So... he, based on this info, made his own false flag? He wanted guns banned and he made it happen?

[–]SuperConductiveRabbi 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

You mean the shooter made his own false flag? He stated in his manifesto that his intention was to create as much divisiveness as possible, including making people in the US freak out about the 2nd amendment to such a great degree that it's spark armed conflict.

I don't think that qualifies it as a false flag, however, since he was the one carrying out the attack and not trying to pretend to be someone else.

[–][deleted] 13 insightful - 1 fun13 insightful - 0 fun14 insightful - 1 fun -  (2 children)

definite false flag, looks like NZ will be a test area or incubator for ideas for how to control the world's sheep

[–]Johnytheanarchist 6 insightful - 1 fun6 insightful - 0 fun7 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

I don’t like jumping on the conspiracy train but it kinda feels like a big experiment

[–][deleted] 4 insightful - 1 fun4 insightful - 0 fun5 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

super quick on banning guns and censoring ideas. That's like how the plans for invading the mid east were already written before 9/11 hit

[–]Work2Death 12 insightful - 1 fun12 insightful - 0 fun13 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

Let's keep this in perspective - The government is not banning Jordan Peterson's book. One company is refusing to sell it. They're a private company, and although they're in the wrong and misguided, they're free to be wrong.

[–]BorrowedLadder 3 insightful - 1 fun3 insightful - 0 fun4 insightful - 1 fun -  (1 child)

My tin foil hat tingles a little with how hard NZ is embracing authoritarianism. I can't help but feel like there is a correlation between this rapid shift and the fact that so many guillotine bound elites are planning on turning it into their own personal Elysium to run off to post collapse.

[–]Vigte[S] 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

This. I've been wondering this for years.

[–]UmamiTofu 2 insightful - 1 fun2 insightful - 0 fun3 insightful - 1 fun -  (0 children)

It's just a company, not the government. Of course they are acting wrongly, but it is just knee-jerk moral panic among the populace. Not a government/authoritarian thing.