Jordan "Benzobus" Peterson who undermined mental healthcare (even as a formerly licensed professional!) to tell young disaffected alienated men to "clean their rooms" and then who went on to espouse hack carnivore eating habits and then require benzodiazepine detox (we don't shame people for that but we do shame them for...) going to Russia to receive it (because naturally no one in Canada ever has been treated for this in the entire history of Canadian medicine) and then fleeing to the US because Canada is "too woke" - yeah fuck that asshole and stay in Arizona.

A lot of incel culture stems from online influence, feelings of alienation, and resentment towards women since many of them have learned about sexuality through pornography and expect that women in real life will acquiesce to that - this exposure coupled with manosphere "influencers" telling them that they need to "take back control over women" means many of them not only harbour hatred towards women for perceived or real previous rejection but now think "give me the p now bish I'm a man" is somehow even vaguely normal. They have built communities online around this and here we are.

I won't even touch the layer of low self-esteem theatre that is the "chad" vs "soy boy" nonsense and mewing, chin and face architecture, and other manifestations of body dysmorphia that they blame for their lack of connection to women - funny that they never consider their personality or views on equality but hey - I hope the Therapy Fairy visits all of them and brings a psych to give them the good drugs to move past this nonsense.

[–] AdolfSchmitler@lemmy.world 0 points 1 hour ago (1 children)

Peterson got hooked on benzos cuz his wife was dying and he couldn't cope. I don't hold that against him. And it is ironic that Peterson himself fell down the alt-right pipeline after claiming to be so well versed in studying authoritarian regimes.

For a loneliness epidemic that stems partly from "feelings of alienation" I'm sure calling them names and belittling them won't drive them further down that road.

[–] GrackleBirb@lemmy.ca 3 points 1 hour ago* (last edited 49 minutes ago)

I also included a disclaimer around the addiction piece but no, sorry - otherwise he and his ideologies can go get fucked. I play a small violin for someone who thinks their chin is a factor in their ability to attract a mate. Also w.r.t Peterson he has abandoned Canada and decided we don't even have the skills necessary to detox him from his addiction (regardless of its provenance) much less is Canada so disastrous that Arizona is a good place to decamp.

The manosphere is toxic garbage and the first step to treatment is stepping away from the likes of Rogan, Peterson, and the even more insane people who feed off of them. Learn to love and respect women - learn to love and respect yourself. More importantly he speaks of the evils of Marxism and such but then openly embraces grift-based Christianity and the likes of right-wing American politicians.

Seriously? No. Bye Felicia as we say in academic erudite circles when confronted with such nonsense.