While promoting her latest directorial venture Don’t Worry Darling, Olivia Wilde launched a gratuitous and scurrilous attack against the noted clinical psychologist and commentator Jordan Peterson.
Wilde revealed
that the inspiration behind
the villain of her film was “this insane man, Jordan Peterson, who is this
pseudo-intellectual hero to the incel community.”
The word ‘incel’ is an
acronym for "involuntary celibate" and refers to people who are
unable to find sexual partners cause. It is not specific to gender or race.
Wilde expounded her
own definition of incel, as a “community of disenfranchised, mostly white men,
who believe they are entitled to sex from women.” Surprisingly she did add
‘MAGA hat-wearing Trump supporter’ in crude stereotype.
She scornfully claimed that Jordan Peterson “legitimizes certain aspects of
their (incel) 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.“
Quite often people reveal a lot about themselves when they attack others. The ‘he wears a suit’ portion of Wilde’s attack reveals her own focus on the superficial. Perhaps she herself judges people by their sartorical choices.
So who is Jordan
Peterson?.
He rose to fame
following a viral video where he debated Channel 4’s on the gender pay gap.
Peterson based his arguments on facts and triumphed against the host who had
nothing but platitudes, perceptions, and even falsehoods.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aMcjxSThD54
The video also placed
Peterson in the cross hairs of liberals.
Liberals live in perpetual fear
that master persuaders such as Peterson could make compelling arguments and
reveal their foibles to sow discord in their echo chambers and sway their
brainwashed foot soldiers away.
Consequently, Peterson
was conferred with myriad pejorative epithets rooted in bigotry and intolerance.
Beyond his recent
fame, Peterson has published three acclaimed bestsellers. He has written
numerous papers. He has delivered many sold-out lectures and appeared on many
chart-topping podcasts. , Peterson’s intellect has earned him plaudits from
even his adversaries.
Peterson is emphatically no pseudo-intellectual.
Back to Wilde.
These are her attempts
to convey that her art is socially conscious i.e. that her film is a statement against
'toxic masculinity'. Quite often films that lack merit win accolades for the
‘social message’.
Unfortunately for
Wilde, her ploy has failed. Rotten Tomatoes reveals that a paltry 39% of
film critics, most likely many of Wilde’s fellow liberals, approve of her
film.
So what’s Wilde’s
story?
Despite being offered myriad opportunities, she never achieved stardom. She notably starred in one of Harrison Ford's rare box office turkeys, 'Cowboys and Aliens' which was supposed to be her ticket to becoming an A-Lister.
She also claims to be a feminist.
But that is only restricted to participating in anti-Trump Women's Marches.
She never raised her voice against Harvey Weinstein when he was sexually abusing and assaulting women. She was in fact friendly with Weinstein, enough to attend sports events together because helped her career.
Wilde even read
aloud an invitation written by Weinstein to mock tea party Republican
Michele Bachmann. It was replete with the usually condescending nastiness that
coastal elites have for regular people.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZIRUdrlpCbU
Like most of Hollywood, Wilde was only sickened by Weinstein when he was dismissed from his position of power.
Wilde claimed she never
knew of Weinstein’s psychopathic side. That is an obvious lie, Weinstein’s behavior
was Hollywood’s
worst kept secret. A second-hand
story published by Gawker claimed that Wilde was an accomplice to Weinstein.
The feminist Wilde
also endorsed Hillary Clinton. The same Hillary Clinton who led
smear campaigns against many women revealed Bill Clinton’s predatory behavior.
Florence Pugh, the
leading lady of Wilde’s Don’t Worry Darling said she felt
uncomfortable with the hypersexualization of
the movie. The film’s trailer focused on Pugh’s character being subjected to
oral sex on a kitchen table. But feminist Wilde didn’t about the discomfort of
a female colleague, she was using sex to sell her film, perhaps a trick she learned
from Weinstein.
Wilde also has a
distant relationship with the truth.
She claimed she fired
actor Shia LeBeouf from her film because of his bad behavior on set and the
abuse allegations leveled against LeBeouf.
LeBeouf countered
Wilde’s claims by releasing a video of Wilde pleading with the actor to stay on
the production. LeBeouf also shared some emails which showed that he actually quit
the film.
Back to Wilde’s
attack on ‘incels’.
The goal behind any
other movement that stands for marginalized groups is to facilitate equality so
that people are judged solely by the content of their character, their
abilities, and work
You cannot confront
racism by racially discriminating against white people just because they are a group
that is in the majority. You cannot confront sexism by vilifying the
historically dominant gender.
At the core of these actions is the idea of collective guilt or culpability
that must be confronted. An individual is solely responsible for his actions and not for
the actions of his ancestors or others from his race or gender.
Equality occurs by
the upliftment of the downtrodden and not by bringing down those who are perceived to
be on top.
The ‘incels’ are by no means privileged or dominant. They are in fact marginalized and powerless. This is why liberals such as 'Wilde' attacks them.
A study revealed that
these 'incels' suffer from a variety of mental health
conditions that cause them to be maladjusted. The study revealed they
suffer from depression, anxiety, PTSD, and autism spectrum disorders. They
often have a history of being bullied. This causes them to feel
inadequate, unwanted, and lonely. This group is often prone to suicide and
self-harm.
They often feel
comfortable cloaked under the anonymity of the internet rather than personal
interactions.
Every society has these marginalized groups. They deserve empathy and understanding. Their voices deserve to be heard. Society must strive to bring them into the mainstream. Some among these may in possession of great talents but their lack of social skills prevent these talents from being exposed.
If Jordan Peterson
gives them hope and guidance, he must be saluted and thanked not vilified.
When Wilde referred
to Peterson as a “hero to the incel community” she was unknowingly paying him a
compliment for standing with a marginalized group.
However Wilde’s
addled mind this was an insult.
The truth remains that it is Peterson, not Wilde who possesses compassion, this was evident when he was asked about Wilde’s vile attacks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1612L2FMHo
In the end, Wilde is just another self-obsessed and entitled Hollywood amateur.
She compensates for her lack of talent or stardom with her relentless virtue signaling. She is attempting to project herself as among the few with compassion. This cannot be further from the truth. Based on her association with Weinstein it is clear that Wilde is a lackey of the establishment for her personal aggrandizement.
The only cause that matters to this activist is herself.
She attacked Jordan Peterson and 'incels' in hope that her fellow liberals would support her film.
Wilde is the AOC of
Hollywood.
Wilde would most
likely regard this comparison as a compliment.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3lPzufzm6z0
Also appears on American Thinker
Comments
Post a Comment