Giving his response. Author Jordan Peterson opened up after Olivia Wilde claimed that Chris Pine’s character in Don’t Worry Darling was inspired by him — and that he was a “hero” for the “incel” community. “We based [Chris Pine’s] character on this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who is this pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community.
You know the incels?” Wilde, 38, said during an interview with Interview Magazine that was published on September 1. “They’re basically disenfranchised, mostly white men, who believe they are entitled to sex from women.”The Booksmart director went on to further claim that an “incel” is “someone that legitimizes certain aspects of their movement because he’s a former professor, he’s an author, he wears a suit, so they feel like this is a real philosophy that should be taken seriously.”During a Friday, September 30, episode of Piers Morgan Uncensored, host Piers Morgan asked the author, 60, whether he felt the accusations from Wilde were accurate, to which Peterson replied, “Sure, why not?” before labeling it a “low level” insult. “You know, people have been after me for a long time because I’ve been speaking to disaffected young men.
You know, what a terrible thing to do that is?” he told Morgan, 57, while getting emotional. “I thought the marginalized were supposed to have a voice.
It’s very difficult to understand how demoralized people are, and certainly many young men are in that category.”After Morgan questioned why he was holding back tears, however, Peterson said that he was upset over “how many people are dying for lack of an encouraging word” and “how easy it is to provide” that to those who need it. “If you’re careful, you know, give credit where credit is due, and to say, you’re
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