The man the woke left love to hate was last here in February of 2019. An ocean of water has passed under the culture war bridge since.
I was lucky to interview Peterson just prior to that visit after taking on a Marxist activist group that screamed to have him de-platformed prior to his visit. The good Dr heard the exchange on Magictalk and rang me to offer an hour long zoom interview from Sydney.
He posted the session on his YouTube channel where more than eight hundred thousand people have since viewed it and remains one of the highlights of my broadcasting career.
It was also a watershed moment in my life providing the genesis of my determination to speak truth to the intolerance of the woke left and pursue journalism in a way that allowed me to sleep straight in my bed at night and be true to my belief in tolerance and honesty.
The woke mob eventually forced me out of legacy media but my exposure to the ideas and philosophy of Peterson meant I already had a clear strategy in response. Rather than bemoan my ill fortune or blame anyone else I created The Platform a new media organisation that has at its core the very values that Dr Peterson espouses.
Peterson too has had a remarkable three years. More popular than ever he has expanded his activities to include an online university and continues to grow in popularity and controversy as one of the world’s leading public intellectuals.
Alas his opponents seem stuck where they were calling for venues to ban him and claiming all sinister and dark things flow from his straight- talking, common sense approach to life.
I am sure Kate Hannah and her mates at the shady Disinformation Project are already looking for signs of knitting, hair braiding and home renovation and will doubtless be telling their lackeys in legacy media of an uptick in dangerous online activity during his visit.
Peterson will not give a toss. He will stand his ground speak his truth and continue to inspire people to make their lives and the world better.
I am taking the Platform staff to see him Wellington an event we are all looking forward too.
As for another interview, well we have put in the request and await hopefully for a response from a massive and multi-layered management team. Honestly, I am not holding my breath and will not feel slighted if I don’t get a repeat audience.
With or without a second Jordan Peterson interview, I and everyone who follows the Platform owes him a debt of gratitude
Sean Plunket is the founding editor of The Platform and an award-winning veteran broadcaster and television presenter. This article was originally published by ThePlatform.kiwi and is published here with kind permission.
It was also a watershed moment in my life providing the genesis of my determination to speak truth to the intolerance of the woke left and pursue journalism in a way that allowed me to sleep straight in my bed at night and be true to my belief in tolerance and honesty.
The woke mob eventually forced me out of legacy media but my exposure to the ideas and philosophy of Peterson meant I already had a clear strategy in response. Rather than bemoan my ill fortune or blame anyone else I created The Platform a new media organisation that has at its core the very values that Dr Peterson espouses.
Peterson too has had a remarkable three years. More popular than ever he has expanded his activities to include an online university and continues to grow in popularity and controversy as one of the world’s leading public intellectuals.
Alas his opponents seem stuck where they were calling for venues to ban him and claiming all sinister and dark things flow from his straight- talking, common sense approach to life.
I am sure Kate Hannah and her mates at the shady Disinformation Project are already looking for signs of knitting, hair braiding and home renovation and will doubtless be telling their lackeys in legacy media of an uptick in dangerous online activity during his visit.
Peterson will not give a toss. He will stand his ground speak his truth and continue to inspire people to make their lives and the world better.
I am taking the Platform staff to see him Wellington an event we are all looking forward too.
As for another interview, well we have put in the request and await hopefully for a response from a massive and multi-layered management team. Honestly, I am not holding my breath and will not feel slighted if I don’t get a repeat audience.
With or without a second Jordan Peterson interview, I and everyone who follows the Platform owes him a debt of gratitude
Sean Plunket is the founding editor of The Platform and an award-winning veteran broadcaster and television presenter. This article was originally published by ThePlatform.kiwi and is published here with kind permission.
4 comments:
JP is an intellegent, coherent arbiter of truth, reason, logic and has a very clear moral code that understands the human condition and the psychology of that condition.
He sees straight through those who would cancel him and they dislike him because they know he sees their true selves and dares to speak about them.
I hadn't known Jordon Peterson was coming to NZ until I heard your interview, Sean. Hurrah! We so need a brave voice in this poor benighted country (as well as yours Sean - I do acknowledge your willingness to tell it like it is.)
We are in such a disgraceful mess over the precious most wonderful substance on the planet Earth - WATER. (air's pretty good too) How dare Mahuta and Co take the ownership/management of this life-giving miracle unto themselves! I can't believe their gall - as if they hadn't been putting just as much crap down the drains as the rest of us.
Can't wait to hear how he goes. All power to his elbow ?- well very superior intellect and gumption.
It was my stumbling upon a clip of Petersen that roused some interest in websites. It was very apparent that those who opposed him had not heard first hand most or any of what he had to say. Listened in some awe to the exchanges between him and his daughter. Their intellects daunting. I could not but concede that some of the species are distinctly more intelligent than others. Presumably how they came to extricate themselves unassisted from the stone age, and why they do better at school.
Sorry Sean, your paragraph about Kate Hannah eludes me.
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