Jordan Peterson

Well, if you tell the truth, then you're probably a conservative comedian.

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It's really switched. Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh. I heard him as a Canadian. I went down to L.A., I don't know, 40 years ago, a long time ago. And I heard Rush Limbaugh. And he was like Trump in a way. He was so nefarious. And I heard him and I thought... This guy's a comedian. Like, people were taking him seriously, but mostly I thought he was hilarious. He was just hilarious.

It's really switched. Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh. I heard him as a Canadian. I went down to L.A., I don't know, 40 years ago, a long time ago. And I heard Rush Limbaugh. And he was like Trump in a way. He was so nefarious. And I heard him and I thought... This guy's a comedian. Like, people were taking him seriously, but mostly I thought he was hilarious. He was just hilarious.

It's really switched. Rush Limbaugh. Rush Limbaugh. I heard him as a Canadian. I went down to L.A., I don't know, 40 years ago, a long time ago. And I heard Rush Limbaugh. And he was like Trump in a way. He was so nefarious. And I heard him and I thought... This guy's a comedian. Like, people were taking him seriously, but mostly I thought he was hilarious. He was just hilarious.

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I say, fine. Yeah, yeah, right. Exactly. And you can see that at the comedy mothership too, right? Because... I would say the comedy that I heard there would generally be branded conservative. But that's a very strange thing, because first of all, conservative comedy, that's a very weird thing. But also, it's just that so many things are forbidden now. and mostly forbidden by the left.

I say, fine. Yeah, yeah, right. Exactly. And you can see that at the comedy mothership too, right? Because... I would say the comedy that I heard there would generally be branded conservative. But that's a very strange thing, because first of all, conservative comedy, that's a very weird thing. But also, it's just that so many things are forbidden now. and mostly forbidden by the left.

I say, fine. Yeah, yeah, right. Exactly. And you can see that at the comedy mothership too, right? Because... I would say the comedy that I heard there would generally be branded conservative. But that's a very strange thing, because first of all, conservative comedy, that's a very weird thing. But also, it's just that so many things are forbidden now. and mostly forbidden by the left.

Let's take that apart a little bit because it's a good thing and a bad thing. It's very stressful, but it's also full of opportunity, right? I mean- when things are left on the table, you can take them. You might have to pay the price for taking them, but you can take them.

Let's take that apart a little bit because it's a good thing and a bad thing. It's very stressful, but it's also full of opportunity, right? I mean- when things are left on the table, you can take them. You might have to pay the price for taking them, but you can take them.

Let's take that apart a little bit because it's a good thing and a bad thing. It's very stressful, but it's also full of opportunity, right? I mean- when things are left on the table, you can take them. You might have to pay the price for taking them, but you can take them.

And so in the comedy world, it seems that the people who are willing to take the risks are likely to be the ones that were successful. Now, when you decided to start saying what you really believed. So that's, the Jungians would call that, that's the encounter with, that's the realization of the persona. You know, in the Pinocchio movie, Pinocchio is a puppet.

And so in the comedy world, it seems that the people who are willing to take the risks are likely to be the ones that were successful. Now, when you decided to start saying what you really believed. So that's, the Jungians would call that, that's the encounter with, that's the realization of the persona. You know, in the Pinocchio movie, Pinocchio is a puppet.

And so in the comedy world, it seems that the people who are willing to take the risks are likely to be the ones that were successful. Now, when you decided to start saying what you really believed. So that's, the Jungians would call that, that's the encounter with, that's the realization of the persona. You know, in the Pinocchio movie, Pinocchio is a puppet.

Other things are pulling his strings, right? And he comes to the truth, partly because he realizes he's lying. And that's when he starts to become real, right? That's a standard psychological transformation. And so that occurred when you realized that the act that you were putting on wasn't going to do the trick, fundamentally. Is that fair?