On Season 4 Episode 30 of the Jordan Peterson Podcast, Jordan Peterson is joined by Michael Malice. Michael Malice is a New York City-based author, podcaster, columnist, and media personality. He is a champion and proponent of free speech, anarchy, …
On Season 4 Episode 30 of the Jordan Peterson Podcast, Jordan Peterson is joined by Michael Malice. Michael Malice is a New York City-based author, podcaster, columnist, and media personality. He is a champion and proponent of free speech, anarchy, and many other non-mainstream ideals.
Michael Malice is a New York City-based author, podcaster, columnist, and media personality. He is a champion and proponent of free speech, anarchy, and many other non-mainstream ideals.
Find more of Michael Malice on Twitter @michaelmalice, on his Youtube Channel Michael Malice, and check out his books
The Jordan B. Peterson Podcast can be found at https://www.jordanbpeterson.com/podcast/
[00:0] Intro
[0:18] Jordan introduces this episode's guest Michael Malice, an online personality and author with a quick wit and sharp sometimes abrasive sense of humor.
[2:00] Jordan selects Michael's book the New Right, and specifically 4chan, as the discussion starter for the show
[5:30] Discussing the changing nature and cost of voicing one's true opinion to the world
[9:30] The specific type of testing "trolling" of established authoritative institutions. Michael admits that everyone makes mistakes from time to time even the media, but it's how you handle the mistake (covering it up or admitting to the error) that makes the distinction in how he views media institutions
[12:30] Malice outlines the specifics of 4chan for those who may not be familiar with the platform.
[17:00] What about 4chan made it such a hospitable place for the New Right as Michael calls them. Michael defines what he views "trolling" to be.
[21:30] Jordan comments that the extreme contempt he sees coming from the Left for average working-class people and to some degree the downtrodden of society. Michael explains how he thinks Trump was able to win these people over when they felt abandoned by the democratic party
[32:00] Jordan digs into memes, looking at examples from his own experience being meme'd many times
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