I was listening to Joe Rogan and Jordan Peterson discuss everything from drugs to God, and throughout the conversation, there was a theme of individualization. The path from child to adult begins with—for lack of a better example—pushing the baby birds out of the nest, as well as that process of preparation (in humans) to confront all the miserable things about life and come out the other side as a functioning and productive individual whose actions also benefit the community and society.
Peterson explains how biblical stories explore and map the journey (the adventure) of life, and it reminded me of how devoid of values is the progressive alternative. The collective, a polite word for socialism, is sold as the highest human endeavor, but this is a lie. We are born alone and die alone, and real success comes from individual focus, effort, desire, and a commitment to accomplishment that does not occur at the expense of others. You voluntarily sacrifice to achieve this, and that desire to be good and productive benefits the community. To hold spouse and family as a greater good than self. A focus and foundation that incidentally benefits everyone, especially children, who are the future.
Peterson isn’t shy about anything, and on the topic of children and culture, you can’t help but trip over the grooming mills and the transgender agenda. While I don’t want to call it an epic rant, it is one. He talks about how his professional peers know better and how appalled he is by their behavior. “They know that this gender dysphoria pathology is a lie. They all know it. And they won’t say anything.”
I wrote about this on Substack the other day in more detail. It is a look at the rise of opposition in professional circles to using puberty blockers on children. I also shared a video clip of the rant, which is near the end of the interview (worth watching if you can listen to a 2-hour podcast). I took it in segments, about 40 minutes at a time – I’m too busy to sit through two hours of anything these days.
It’s a great podcast, but this is the bit I wanted to share. Peterson explains that psychologists know the transgender agenda is a lie. The problem is not gender dysphoria but an underlying proclivity to depression and anxiety in some children who are being manipulated, misdiagnosed, and unnecessarily drugged, butchered, and neutered.
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