Today’s Twitter meltdown isn’t the first time he has reacted very badly to criticism. Peterson’s, however, seems to be like tissue paper. One rule for public life in the modern age – certainly one that every woman in the public eye has discovered – is that you have to develop a very thick skin. If Twitter had been around during the age of enlightenment we’d presumably have had Immanuel Kant furiously leaning over his keyboard typing: “the Queen of Prussia is NOT hot. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.” The most influential public intellectual in the western world, ladies and gentleman! We are blessed that he takes time out from intellectual-ing to share his lofty thoughts on women’s bodies. What made Peterson turn on Twitter? (Which by the way, he doesn’t seem to have actually left yet.) It’s not entirely clear but it seems that he’s upset that some people criticized him on Monday after he tweeted a picture of Yumi Nu on the cover of the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit edition with the caption: “Sorry. But, you know, nothing in life is really important until a rich white guy starts paying attention. They have been sounding the alarm about the intrinsically dangerous incentive structures of social media platforms, which prioritize engagement above everything else. Women and marginalized people, in particular, have been sounding the alarm about how Twitter, along with other social media platforms, ignores violence and abuse on the platform. And I, for one, am really glad that the man once described in the New York Times as “the most influential public intellectual in the Western world”, has finally discovered what everyone else has been banging on about for years. I may not agree with Peterson on much but he’s spot on there. He adds, “I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.”
If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.” “The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else,” Peterson tweeted on Monday, “If I have something to say I’ll write an article or make a video.
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