Yumi Nu’s Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover. Dr. Jordan Peterson quote-tweeted The Post’s story on the plus-size model’s cover debut Monday, writing, “Sorry.
Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.”“’Authoritarian’? Chunky women on magazine covers?
You sound like a parody of you,” one Twitter user — of many — challenged the best-selling author.“It’s a conscious progressive attempt to manipulate & retool the notion of beauty, reliant on the idiot philosophy that such preferences are learned & properly changed by those who know better,” Peterson responded, with two links to scientific studies on attractiveness. “But don’t let the facts stop you,” he finished.
The Canadian best-selling author of “12 Rules For Life” is known to his nearly 5 million YouTube subscribers as a conservative intellectual who shared his views on cultural and political issues.
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