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Wow. Kind of glad I missed this event but thanks so much for covering it. There were a flurry of articles about non-fans protesting his coming appearance, or trying to prevent it, but then I could not find any reviews of what he actually said. Peterson is a very interesting combination of contradictions, and I think many young or lost people like to embody a Messiah figure with having the answer to all of their problems or questions. But the occasional pearl of real wisdom does cross his lips. Much of his advice to lonely young men who cannot seems to connect with women is sound. Clean up your own act, buddy, the women can't all be wrong. No one ever tells them that and it is helpful. They are part of a generation that was given a trophy for just showing up and it hasn't taught them that life is tough and people are going to reject you. Peterson shows them how to stand up and take responsibility for themselves and I think that is overall a good approach. Of course he spews a lot of nonsense too, but hey, at least he stands for something and we are all free to take it or leave it.

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