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Dear Friend
The New York Times says that Jordan Peterson is “a patriarchal pseudointellectual riding his devilish dark horse into stardom and corrupting everybody in his path, at best an idiot fraud and at worst the most dangerous thinker in the West”.
From the point of view of those who hate men Jordan Peterson the New York Times is right. He is extremely dangerous to the lies they peddle. The good news he is making a comeback! See his daughters’ interview with him below!
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More than any other single person in the last few decades, Dr Jordan Peterson has exposed the lies of those misandrists who blame the whole of the world’s problems on the
tyrannical patriarchy
.
Jordan Peterson’s most popular YouTube clip is up to 21,305,090 views and is still growing daily. The Dads4Kids Newsletter featured it in February 2018. Cathy Newman, an aggressive feminist news journalist with Channel 4 in the UK inadvertently put Jordan Peterson and his book,
12 Rules for Life
, on the world map.
Rachael Farrah commented on the above YouTube that,
“She is terrible. She keeps trying to manipulate his words. I love how he keeps correcting and redirecting her. Really frustrating to watch
”. Stu Bradbury got right to the point, “
This was like watching Mike Tyson fight a toddler”.
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The truth is that Peterson completely refuted all Newman’s arguments and when she made an absolute fool of herself, Peterson rescued her. This is the beauty of Jordan Peterson. He is at heart a humble and gracious man and he shows it in his interactions with the people that hate him the most.
Jordan Peterson’s other high-ranking
YouTube interview
,
which must be close to being his second most popular clip, is his interview with another aggressive feminist, Helen Lewis, at 13,617,468 views. British GQ, ironically a so-called men’s magazine, paid for the interview and botched the early part of the sound on Peterson to make him look like a fool.
Helen Lewis was a much more formidable interviewer than Kathy Newman, but her mind was no match for Jordan, who exposed the
Cultural Marxist
, feminist diatribe once again with grace and humour.
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I was concerned when I heard in February 2020, from Jordan Peterson’s daughter, that he was unwell on her
family YouTube update
.
Besides the fact that Jordan Peterson is mankind’s greatest spokesperson, I love the fact that he doesn’t accept the contrived and shallow thinking of our time but questions it’s veracity and exposes it’s weaknesses.
People who think are a very rare commodity these days. People who not only think but can articulate their thoughts in the face of hostile criticism are even rarer.
I must confess that I have probably watched over 200 YouTube interviews with Jordan Peterson. My favourite Jordan Peterson YouTube is his interview with my good friend John Anderson. John really gets Jordan talking from his heart. Twice he breaks down in tears as John asks the right questions for a change.
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I have bought and read Jordan Peterson’s
12 Rules for Life
and I highly recommend it to any soul who wants to acquire some extra wisdom. Early in 2019 I recorded a YouTube clip,
Seven Reasons Why I like Jordan Peterson
.
My friend Sam, who is in his late twenties, added his three reasons. Watch it below and make your own judgment.
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The good news is that Jordan Peterson is on the mend and Tammy, his wife, is also much better after a recovery from what seemed like a death sentence.
Jordan’s interview with his daughter is touching (see YouTube at the beginning of this article) and shows his honesty and humility. He is always ready to reveal his mistakes and refuses to run from truth.
The fact that his daughter and her husband probably saved his life is proven at the 53-minute mark by Jordan’s tears. It shows the truth of the matter and the heart of the man. It is pretty hard to argue with tears.
Lovework
Tell your children about Jordan Peterson and if they are old enough, show them some of his clips. Tell them that there are still some brave men left in the world.
Yours for more Brave Men
Warwick Marsh
PS. Only 11 more sleeps until the end of the Early Bird Discount for the Men’s Leadership Summit. Early bird pricing finishes on Thursday the 23
rd
July 2020
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The masculine spirit is under assault.
It's obvious.
Jordan Peterson
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Why are cows so quiet on Zoom calls?
Because they are always on "Moot"
Why is a computer so smart?
Because it listens to its motherboard
Why do scuba divers fall backwards into the water?
Because if they fell forward they would fall into the boat
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Editor’s Note: Jordan Peterson’s words of wisdom inspire all parents but he is very encouraging for fathers. This seven minute podcast is good advice for both young and older fathers.
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What it is like being a Dad
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By Francine & Byron Pirola
As we dated and headed towards marriage, each of us were making a series of small ‘now what?’ decisions: Do I give this romance a go? Do I prioritise the relationship over career/study opportunities? Do we take the relationship further? etc.
Small or big, every choice marked a milestone that defined a new stage in a journey that was uncharted.
As we reflected on this, we realised that our entire relationship history was packed with ‘now what?’ moments, and that our marriage has become the product of the
decisions we made
at those moments. Every one of these, small or big, took us in a direction that has culminated in what our marriage is today.
For some of the bigger ones, like when we decided to marry, although new to us, the next steps were mostly predetermined. New to us, yes, but the journey towards a wedding date was a well-worn path. The challenge rapidly became sifting through
family expectations
and well-meaning advice to find our own way.
In that case the ‘now what?’ moment of the engagement was not so much one of stepping into the void, but rather one of navigating our way through a foreign city with an out-of-date map and relying on the directions of well-intentioned locals.
But this is more the exception than the rule. Most of our ‘now what?’ moments are small and are a journey into the unknown.
The big decisions are the ones on which we tend to focus and invest in, but in reality, their outcomes are defined by the
myriad of smaller decisions
.
Our marriage was not created by the decision to marry and the wedding planning we undertook. It was defined every day since the wedding when, without realising it, we asked ourselves: ‘now what?’.
School of Love
Every day we are faced with ‘now what?’ decisions. Every time we have a disagreement there is a ‘now what?’ moment when how we choose to respond takes us down the
pathway of an argument
or of growth.
Every time we feel let down by the other we face a ‘now what?’ moment in terms of how we respond. Every time we perceive the aloneness of the other, the stress they are under, the fear with which they are grappling, our ‘now what?’ choices determine what happens next and how our relationship is shaped.
The challenge for us trying to make our marriage into the ‘school of love’ that God intended it to be is to recognise our ‘now what?’ moments for what they are: invitations to conform our lives and our relationship more deeply in Christ.
The more we look the more we see. When we recognise our ‘now what?’ moments we can start to live an intentional marriage; a marriage that sees us choosing our journey together rather than simply reacting.
And it’s more than just a superficial journey that is physically defined by where we live and how we act. It is a journey of the heart and spirit. For our choices in the ‘now what?’ moments define our identity and self-understanding as a couple.
Are we a couple that fights
in
our marriage, or
for
our marriage? Are we the kind of couple that
grounds our relationship in faith
or the kind of couple where faith sits on sidelines until we face a crisis?
Every choice we make to a ‘what now?’ moment reinforces, or redirects, the emerging self-understanding we have of ‘who’ we are. In a way, the ‘what now?’ moments in our marriage are really ‘who are we?’ moments.
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Never give in, never give in,
never, never, never, never — in nothing,
great or small, large or petty —
never give in except to convictions
of honour and good sense.
Winston Churchill
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Real talk from real dads.
Nothing can fully prepare you for raising your children as
a single dad
-- but getting advice from dads who've done it themselves certainly helps.
Below, HuffPost Divorce bloggers share 12 things they wish someone had told them early on.
1. People will give undue credit to your ex.
"Here's one of my least favorite things I've heard people say to my son:
'You look so nice today. Did your mom pick out that handsome outfit?'
Ummm, no, I buy the majority of his clothes and dress him." --
Adam Petzold
2. Everyone will have an opinion about you raising your kids alone.
"People are people and they will talk. Everyone will have opinions on your failed marriage and they will lay blame. You’ll get looks from the mothers at school and the waitress at the diner and everyone in between. Regardless of the truth, you may as well have a nun walking behind you ringing the bell and chanting ‘shame’ with your every step." --
Al Corona
3. People will stare when you act silly with the kids.
"Nobody tells you about the looks you get when you spend an hour having lightsaber duels in Target with your son (although maybe I should have anticipated those...but hey, it was fun!)" -- Adam Petzold
4. It doesn't pay to hide your feelings.
"No one told me that during divorce and separation, I would be an emotional trainwreck and be in complete denial about it. Protecting my ego became my number one goal and I lied to everyone about how happy I was. I sought out relationships that supported my way of thinking. If I had the capacity to be honest with myself back then, things might be different. Humility is necessary to be a better dad and a better you." --
Jon Vaughn
5. Being a divorced parent may even make you a better parent.
"Counterintuitive, but true. If you're a divorced dad who split custody, you get a break from your kids. A reprieve from the kids makes you more appreciative when you
are
with them. This in turn translates to being a more patient and caring parent. As they say, absence makes the heart grow fonder." --
Austin Blood
6. Exhaustion will become your middle name.
"I was exhausted 24/7 since I’d just started my career after college. Between putting in the hours at work and coming home and putting in another four to five hours, I was beat all of the time. I was the most tired 25-year-old in the world." --
Ken Solin
7. You won't necessarily be lauded as a superhero.
"No one ever tells you that you're a 'superhero single dad.' Only single mums seem to get that title. You have to be proud of yourself in isolation." --
Carey Fan
8. Your social life will inevitably take a hit.
"The day I became a single dad to a one-year old son, my social life skidded to an abrupt halt. It was a shocker. I was 25 and single but I had no time to date. I didn’t have my first relationship until five years later." --
Ken Solin
9. Sometimes, doing it all on your own kind of sucks.
"You’re doing it
all
on your own. That’s trying to hold down a job that can work with your children’s schedule, cooking, cleaning, school work, disciplining, preparing lunches, doctor visits, sick children and trying to find someone to date who doesn’t care that you have kids." -- Al Corona
10. If you share custody, you won't be able to stop thinking about the kids when your ex has them.
“When I first separated from my wife, the toughest part for me was that feeling that I was no longer there to protect my kids. Every night when my ex and I were married, I was the last one to bed. I doubled checked that the doors were locked and the windows were closed. Not being there to ensure their safety was pure anguish for me.” --
Al DeLuise
11. It's the hardest job you'll ever have.
"No one ever tells you that few give a rat's ass about how hard you have to work. But you'll feel really proud of yourself for managing everything. It's a lot like the Peace Corps: It's the toughest job you'll ever love." -- Carey Fan
12. But it's also the most rewarding.
"The corniest but truest thing they don't tell you: This is the most rewarding experience you will ever have. Don't trade it for anything." --
Joe Seldner
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Men’s Leadership Summit
Saturday 8 August 2020
8.30AM – 5.30PM
Online Zoom meeting
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Dear God
Jordan Peterson once said,
“We have to rediscover
the eternal values
and then live them out”
.
So help me find the courage
to make a stand
for the truth
and for my children,
no matter the cost.
More than anything
help me discover the eternal values
that can change a man’s heart for the better
and a man’s family for the best.
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Dads4Kids commenced
in May 2002 and is a tax deductible harm prevention charity. Fatherlessness and inadequate fathering has been proven to be a source of harm. The Dads4Kids (trading name) Fatherhood Foundation (registered name) helps children by promoting excellence in fathering. Excellent fathers are in word and deed: responsible, involved, protective, loving and committed to the well-being of their children and their children's mother.
Vision:
To transform the nation by inspiring fathers to help their children be the best they can be.
Mission:
To equip, encourage and inspire fathers, strengthen and support families and engage with community, church, business and government to see our children thrive.
Strategy:
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Equipping and developing leaders of national, state and community fathering initiatives through forums, conferences, festivals, mentoring courses, curricula, training and technical assistance.
Engaging every sector of society through strategic alliances and partnerships.
Values:
Courage, Compassion, Integrity, Humility, Faith.
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