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\"Jordan<\/a>

Dr. Jordan Peterson, a clinical psychologist, and a professor of psychology at the University of Toronto. He is also the author of the best-selling book, “12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos.” (Photo: GQ<\/em>)<\/p><\/div>\n

If you\u2019re at all intellectually curious nowadays you can\u2019t help but to run into the writings and online lectures of Dr. Jordan Peterson. A clinical psychologist and professor by trade, Peterson is the author of the smash hit, \u201c12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos<\/a>.\u201d<\/p>\n

What makes Peterson, who is Canadian by the way, stand out from his peers is that he is not a functionary of the Leftist cabal that reigns over academia. In other words, you won\u2019t find him advocating for Nanny State solutions to right the wrongs of humanity, e.g.\u00a0We need to destroy the tyrannical patriarchy! We need equality of outcome!<\/em><\/p>\n

Instead, Peterson believes that the best way for us to transcend our wretched existence is to empower the individual to reach his or her full potential. One should take on as much responsibility as he or she can bear. One should be moral, independent and, above all else, as competent as he or she can be\u2026<\/p>\n

Now you know why the radical Left hates Peterson. Nothing undermines the growth of the Nanny State more than championing self-reliance in the individual. What\u2019s fascinating is that Peterson\u2019s injunction to be competent cuts across all facets of life.\u00a0 It’s not enough to be a successful attorney or a good friend, one must also develop the skills necessary for personal protection.\u00a0 You need to be a competent combatant.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe forces of tyranny expand inexorably to fill the space made available for their existence. People who refuse to muster appropriately self-protective territorial responses are laid open to exploitation as much as those who genuinely can\u2019t stand up for their own rights because of a more essential inability or a true imbalance in power,\u201d wrote Peterson in his book \u201c12 Rules for Life.\u201d<\/p>\n

People who fail to take an active role in sticking up for themselves will be taken advantage of. Plain and simple. But the insight doesn\u2019t stop there.<\/p>\n

\u201cNaive, harmless people usually guide their perceptions and actions with a few simple axioms: people are basically good; no one really wants to hurt anyone else; the threat (and, certainly, the use) of force, physical or otherwise, is wrong,\u201d Peterson continued.<\/p>\n

\u201cThese axioms collapse, or worse, in the presence of individuals who are genuinely malevolent. Worse<\/em> means that naive beliefs can become a positive invitation to abuse, because those who aim to harm have become specialized to prey on people who think precisely such things,\u201d wrote Peterson.<\/p>\n

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Bad people target weak individuals precisely because they\u2019re weak. That may be obvious. Bullies have been around forever. But what\u2019s revelatory is that otherwise capable individuals will render themselves victims if they subscribe to the notion that it\u2019s good to be harmless.<\/p>\n

You see where I\u2019m going with this? The fundamental goal of the anti-gun lobby is to convince each citizen that guns are dangerous (and, ergo, a scourge to the individual)\u00a0and that one\u2019s personal safety is best left to Big Brother. In short, the citizen should slouch toward harmlessness.<\/p>\n

How often have we heard over the years? No one needs an AR! They\u2019re weapons of mass destruction! They\u2019re dangerous!<\/em><\/p>\n

Right. They are dangerous.\u00a0 And that\u2019s exactly why we need \u2018em.<\/p>\n

\ufeff<\/span><\/p>\n

As Peterson said in a recent GQ interview, \u201cYou need to have the capacity for danger. You need to be dangerous. But you need to learn how to not use it except when it\u2019s necessary. And that is not the same thing as being harmless. Harmless, that\u2019s a terrible virtue. It\u2019s like a rabbit. There\u2019s nothing virtuous about harmlessness. It just means you are ineffectual.\u201d<\/p>\n

In all honesty, I don\u2019t know where Peterson stands on the AR issue specifically. He\u2019s discussed it in an oblique way in this video<\/a> on Youtube. As for gun ownership in general, though, his position is as clear as day. He is pro-gun because he recognizes that violence (or the use of force) is a universal language. It\u2019s a form of communication that is intelligible to everyone, from the street-corner bully to the crazed would-be mass killer. To learn not to speak it is to set oneself up for victimhood.<\/p>\n

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