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Canadian psychologist and author Dr Jordan Peterson has announced hes quitting Twitter after receiving an endless flood of vicious insults on the platform. Petersons departure comes after he was criticised for a controversial tweet that shamed plus-size model Yumi Nus Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover.

On Monday, Peterson explained that he stopped using Twitter three weeks ago and instead instructed his staff to post to his account. However, as he started using the app again, he said his life got worse again almost instantly.

The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else, he continued his Twitter thread. I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.

He added: So I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation, and am departing once again. If I have something to say Ill write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.

Peterson concluded his sign-off by saying that he plans to write an article on the technical reasons that Twitter is maddening us all very soon. Bye for now.

The former University of Toronto professor, who has more than 2.7m followers on Twitter, rose to prominence in 2016 when he began posting lectures online sharing his controversial opinions on masculinity, political correctness, and the gender pay gap.

Peterson received backlash on Monday after he shamed 25-year-old Nu by calling her not beautiful after the plus-size models cover debut for the 2022 Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue.

Sorry. Not beautiful, he tweeted. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.

Petersons tweet angered many fans, and prompted many to come to Nus defence. Now, Twitter users are also pointing out the hypocrisy in Peterson quitting Twitter for receiving a series of vicious insults, only after he had shamed Nu that same day.

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Michael Schur, co-creator of The Office and Parks and Recreation, tweeted: You opened your computer, logged into an app, typed out your opinion that a woman was not beautiful (when no one had asked you), and then complained when people said you were an a**hole. Seems to me you just pretty much nailed the entire Twitter experience.

This coming from the guy who just felt it necessary to broadcast to his 2.7m followers that he thought a woman was ugly, said writer Billy Binion. Dont let anyone tell you that the left has a monopoly on victim culture.

Didnt you tweet just to randomly insult the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit issue cover model? Isnt condescending and randomly targeted unpleasantness kind of your brand? said politics reporter Max Burns.

Nu joined fellow cover stars Kim Kardashian, Maye Musk, and Ciara as Sports Illustrated Swimsuits faces for the 2022 edition. Many fans praised and congratulated Nu on her cover, while the model took to her Instagram page to celebrate the occasion. She captioned the social media post with a picture of her cover: I have not been able to sleep, breathe or think straight since I found out.

I never dreamt of this because I didnt know that I could, she said. Thank you from the bottom of my heart @mj_day and @si_swimsuit family for believing in me. Im so honoured to make history with you.

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Dr. Jordan Peterson who was called out for shaming the newest Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model, Yumi Nu, in controversial tweets on Monday has bailed on Twitter.

The University of Toronto professor emeritus announced he was leaving the social media platform, where he has nearly 3 million followers just hours after the uproar.

While his account is still active, the 59-year-old wrote he will be departing the Twitterverse following the backlash he got for hating on Nus magazine photo shoot.

The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else, the 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos author tweeted Monday night. I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.

While his account is still active, Peterson said he has instructed his staff to keep him off social media.

I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation and am departing once again, he added. If I have something to say Ill write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.

In his last tweet, Peterson concluded that he plans to write an article on the technical reasons that Twitter is maddening us all very soon. Bye for now.

So I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation, and am departing once again. If I have something to say I'll write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go. https://t.co/5MC7LxlOLj

On Monday, fans came at Peterson after he quote-tweeted The Posts storyon Nus cover debut, penning, 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 responded to the Canadian native.

Its 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,the father of two shot back, alongside two articles aboutscientific studies on attractiveness. But dont let the facts stop you, he said.

Other users were unhappy with his comments and told him to immerse himself in the history of beauty standards.

Standards of beauty change over time. Plus you posted two studies that dont substantiate your point,one commenter explained.

Hes always been a parody of an intellectual psychologist, dummies,another said.

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SI Swimsuit cover model critic Jordan Peterson quits Twitter

Psychologist and author Jordan Peterson has announced he plans on leaving Twitter while complaining about the "endless flood" of insults he receives on the platform.

Peterson, who has more than 2.7 million followers on Twitter, described how he recently stopped accessing the social media site for three weeks as an "experiment" and then found that his life "instantly" got worse once he started using it again.

It is unclear what insults the divisive figure known for controversial opinions is referring to, but the remarks came after he was criticized for his tweet calling plus-size model Yumi Nu's Sports Illustrated cover "not beautiful" and that "no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that."

In a series of tweets, Peterson explains that he will be "departing" Twitter once again and will soon write an article explaining further issues he has with the platform.

"I recently stopped accessing Twitter for three weeks as an experiment. I had some of my staff post video links etc. It was a genuine relief. I started to read & write more. I started using it again, a few days ago, and I would say that my life got worse again almost instantly," Peterson wrote.

"The endless flood of vicious [insults] is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else. I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.

"So I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation, and am departing once again. If I have something to say I'll write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go."

In another tweet, Peterson says he plans to write an article on the "technical reasons that Twitter is maddening," ending the post with "bye for now."

Despite leaving a goodbye message, Peterson continued to tweet several more times, including retweeting the controversial profile "Libs of TikTok"an account accused of posting content designed to vilify the LGBTQ+ communityon three occasions.

Hours before he announced he was leaving, Peterson was highly criticized over his tweet about Nu, who became the first Asian-American plus-size model to feature on the cover of Sports Illustrated.

"Jordan Peterson gets to give this verdict of Yumi Nu bc he's just so god-damned good looking," tweeted comedian John Fugelsang in response to Peterson's "not beautiful" post.

Actor Ralph Garman wrote: "Or, and follow me here, you simply say 'That's not for me' and then promptly f**k off."

Peterson has been contacted for comment.

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Jordan Peterson Quits Twitter Over 'Insults' After Criticizing Woman's Body

Dr. Jordan Peterson took Sports Illustrated to task Monday on Twitter for naming a plus-sized model for its annual swimsuit issue.

Following backlash, he announced that he would be leaving the social media network.

Peterson took a swipe at the magazine and its cover model, Yumi Nu, on Monday, sharing a snap of the cover and snarking, "Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that."

He later engaged with a Twitter user who said that Peterson "sounded like a parody" of himself with the tweet, and added that 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 but dont let the facts stop you."

Peterson later announced that he was departing from Twitter.

On Tuesday, he wrote, "My YouTube channel has now hit 5,000,000 subscribers. Thank you all for your ongoing support. I am nothing but grateful for the opportunities that have opened up to me because of you. I can confirm some very exciting projects and content coming soon. Take care, and keep striving."

Nu told the New York Post that she was "on cloud nine" after being selected for the coveted Sports Illustrated cover.

Its amazing," she said. This is nothing I could prepare for. Its unexpected. I feel like were in a place right now where people are making space for more diversity on magazine covers. Its a big time for Asian-American people in media. I know I play a big role in representation in body diversity and race diversity, and I love to be a role model and representative of the plus-size Asian community.

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Jordan Petersons whole thing is being the worst guy to be stuck in a conversation with at a party. If the right-wing professor isnt claiming that feminists have an unconscious wish for brutal male domination, hes giving an unwatchable two-and-a-half hour presentation on identity politics and the Marxist lie of white privilege. Petersons Twitter account, which has 2.7 million followers (and probably 2.1 million bots), is also a cesspool of bad takes, including one that led him to quit the social media platform.

In response to model Yumi Nu being on the cover of this years Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue, along with Kim Kardashian, Maye Musk, and Ciara, Peterson tweeted, Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that. Peterson quickly became the Main Character of Twitter, with his Sorry. Not beautiful phrasing being paired with, well, have you seen Jordan Peterson looks like?

Im sorry in advance.

By Monday night, Peterson announced that he was leaving Twitter due to an endless flood of vicious insults. He continued, I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane. So I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation, and am departing once again. If I have something to say Ill write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.

If Peterson is doing the insulting, its fine. But when Peterson is the one being insulted, hes being attacked by the woke mob. He will not be missed.

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Jordan Peterson Quit Twitter Over Swimsuit Model Backlash

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Controversial author Jordan Peterson is under fire for describing plus-size Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model Yumi Nu as not beautiful.

Peterson quote-tweeted a New York Post tweet Monday on Nu.

He wrote: Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.

But the backlash was faster than a cancel culture convention.

And now the academic has quit, or was on the verge of quitting Twitter and his three million followers.

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He tweeted Monday night: The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else. I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.

And he said he wants his staff to torpedo temptations to reboot on the Twitterverse.

I told my staff to change my password, to keep me from temptation and am departing once again, Peterson wrote. If I have something to say Ill write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.

However, as of early Tuesday night, Petersons Twitter account remained active.

One user challenged the best-selling former University of Toronto professor: Authoritarian? Chunky women on magazine covers? You sound like a parody of you.

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Peterson fired back: Its a conscious progressive attempt to manipulate and retool the notion of beauty, reliant on the idiot philosophy that such preferences are learned and properly changed by those who know better. But dont let the facts stop you.

For good measure, he added links to two academic papers on attractiveness.

But his critics werent finished.

One wrote: Standards of beauty change over time. Plus you posted two studies that dont substantiate your point.

Another tweeter added: Hes always been a parody of an intellectual psychologist, dummies.

However, Peterson wasnt alone in his criticism but it was mostly over Nus size.

One person wrote: Lets be honest. She is beautiful. Heavy set .. but still beautiful.

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Another said: On the real bros if she dropped the extra pounds, shed be a 10. She is beautiful, but Id prefer being in a little bit better shape, especially being on a cover of a mag in a swimsuit. But no doubt beautiful & decent proportions.

Peterson a conservative intellectual rose to fame as the author of 12 Rules For Life. He has nearly five million YouTube subscribers who have embraced his views on issues of the day.

For her part, Nu has commented on the criticism but told the Post she was stunned about making the cover.

I could not speak. I had full-body chills. I was shaking, I was crying. They really got me good, Nu told the famed tabloid of the surprise. Its amazing. Im on cloud nine. This is nothing I could prepare for. Its unexpected.

bhunter@postmedia.com

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Canadian psychologist and professor Jordan Peterson announced Monday he was leaving Twitter once and for all.

He said there is a noticeable difference in his quality of life when he is on the social media platform compared to when hes away from it.

I recently stopped accessing Twitter for three weeks as an experiment, he tweeted. I had some of my staff post video links etc. It was a genuine relief. I started to read & write more. I started using it again, a few days ago, and I would say that my life got worse again almost instantly.

The bestselling author pointed to the steady stream of invective on the site.

The endless flood of vicious insult is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else, Peterson noted. I like to follow the people I know but I think the incentive structure of the platform makes it intrinsically and dangerously insane.

To keep him off of it for good, he told his staff to change his password.

If I have something to say I'll write an article or make a video, he noted. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.

Stay tuned to an article from him about this matter.

And I plan to write an article on the technical reasons that Twitter is maddening us all very soon, he concluded. Bye for now.

Peterson's exit comes after he received backlash for criticizing Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Issue cover model Yumi Nu.

Responding to a story about the cover, Peterson wrote, "Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.

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Jordan Peterson Explains Why He's Never Going Back on Twitter

The weepy philosopher has quit Twitter more times than we can count

Using Twitter to complain about Twitter is the defining behavior of a committed user, and shows the system itself is operating at peak efficiency. The cranks who complain that the social network censors their free speech seem unaware of the irony that they trash the company day in and day out while suffering no discipline from its supposedly tyrannical leadership. To the contrary, they often reap engagement and clout on the very platform theyre raging against.

At a certain point, this anger burns itself out temporarily. The hater realizes it is actually something more like self-loathing, or self-harm. Then, at last, they announce a Twitter break.

Jordan Peterson, a hack guru of the intellectual dark web whose best-selling advice book is a lot of junk science about gender and his strained interpretations of the Bible, is always moaning about how bad Twitter is. He has railed against anonymous accounts as refuge for scoundrels and fiends, then lamented that he had to see posts from anyone unverified. He wondered if he would be banned for posting that vaccinated people can spread COVID-19. (He was not.) He shared a column by fellow grifter Bari Weiss predicting that Twitter will get way worse.

If you didnt know better, youd think his hiatus statement this week had something to do with this general consternation. Instead, it was the final gasp of indignation at the backlash he incited by declaring model Yumi Nu, featured on a cover of Sports Illustrated, not beautiful.

Peterson was so thoroughly and deservedly mocked for his horror at a womans thick thighs that he was forced to conclude, for the millionth time, that Twitter is irreparably broken. Whats the point of having nearly 3 million sycophantic followers if you cant slag off a gorgeous persons figure without getting roasted yourself for looking like a reanimated corpse? What is this world coming to? And so he shall take his leave. Or, as the sign-off has it, he is departing once again this phrase a comic admission that this grandiloquent exit is neither the first nor the last.

Cheap philosophers like Peterson are always quitting Twitter, denouncing it with smarm and faux profundity but forgetting to actually leave. In the hours after he claimed to have severed his access to the account, he tweeted at least a dozen times, more than once to share content from Libs of TikTok, an account that primarily exists to direct hate and harassment at LGBTQ people. He even promised to deliver an article on what else! all the reasons that Twitter sucks.

What really makes this doofus mad is that he believes he has the strength of character to walk away from a website, this kind of resolve being essential to his masculinist critique of weakness, yet he completely lacks any such control. Each time he comes crawling back to fight the trolls he says arent worthy of notice, he reconfirms that he has no business telling anyone else how to live. Perhaps if he achieved the zen of a seasoned shitposter, the Twitter addict who declares that theyll never log off because its a gloriously stupid public forum, hed be happier in his helplessness.

Until then, I guess we can keep expecting another goodbye.

Miles Klee is MELs resident tank-top dirtbag, shitposter and meme expert. Hes also the author of the novel Ivyland and a story collection, True False.

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Goodbye, Again, Jordan Peterson

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Yumi Nu shares how she embraces her body and culture as a mixed-race woman. Video / Sports Illustrated

A controversial psychologist and best-selling author has sparked outrage after declaring a Sports Illustrated model "not beautiful".

Dr Jordan Peterson, 59, took to Twitter to shame plus-size model and musician Yumi Nu after she appeared on the magazine cover.

"Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that," he wrote to his 2.7 million followers.

The divisive figure's tweet sparked furious backlash.

"Sheesh. Big fan here. I find my girlfriend with a body type like this quite beautiful. Dial it back a bit homie," one man wrote.

"Sorry. Not beautiful. And no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that," wrote another alongside a photo of Peterson.

"Why do men feel it's their duty to publicly pronounce their view on the attractiveness of women? Couldn't you just keep it to yourself?," added another woman.

The model featured on the cover did not seem fussed about the comments made by Peterson - who has made a name for himself by railing against everything from feminism to social justice warriors.

"Hoes mad [nail painting emoji] [calm smile emoji]," she wrote in a quote-retweet of Peterson's original tweet.

Peterson has a chequered history in both his private and public life, having developed a dependency on prescription medication and being admitted to rehab following his wife's cancer diagnosis.

He was thrust into the mainstream after a video of him arguing with students and refusing to refer to them as their chosen gender pronouns went viral online.

He leveraged his newfound fame by injecting himself into the Canadian debate over transgender rights.

His 2018 self-help book 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos - which encouraged readers to stand up straight, not bother children skateboarding and avoid petting stray cats - sold more than three million copies worldwide.

Dr Peterson has repeatedly been criticised for his old-fashioned views on women and accused of spreading misinformation.

He drew outrage after appearing to endorse government-forced monogamy, going as far to say it may have helped Canadian man Alek Minassian who killed 11 people in Toronto.

Minassian declared himself to be part of a misogynist group whose members call themselves incels - a term short for "involuntary celibates."

"He was angry at God because women were rejecting him," Peterson said. "The cure for that is enforced monogamy. That's actually why monogamy emerges."

The academic also spouts the benefits of the carnivore diet a method of only eating meat that was suggested to him by his daughter when he was unwell.

His daughter has no qualifications in regards to nutrition or dietetics but the family claim it helped Peterson recover from benzodiazepine withdrawal syndrome.

Peterson also pushed against Covid-19 vaccines and restrictions in Canada, in one instance claiming the Canadian PM would have to kill him before getting a booster.

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Jordan Peterson is an academic, an internet personality, and a big fan of beef. A man of many accomplishments, hes most famous for writing a bestselling book called 12 Rules for Life: An Antidote to Chaos while simultaneously living what can only be described as an incredibly chaotic life.

The latest Peterson drama comes to us via Twitter, which the academic has just dramatically announced he will be departing forever. Dont worry, hes not going to go quietly into that tweetless night; Peterson has promised us all a long article explaining his problems with the platform soon. For now, however, he wants us all to know that Twitter is a hellhole which makes your life infinitely worse.

The endless flood of vicious insult [sic] is really not something that can be experienced anywhere else, Peterson tweeted on Monday, If I have something to say Ill write an article or make a video. If the issue is not important enough to justify that then perhaps it would be best to just let it go.

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.

I may not agree with Peterson on much but hes spot on there. 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. 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. They have been sounding the alarm about the intrinsically dangerous incentive structures of social media platforms, which prioritize engagement above everything else. But, you know, nothing in life is really important until a rich white guy starts paying attention.

What made Peterson turn on Twitter? (Which by the way, he doesnt seem to have actually left yet.) Its not entirely clear but it seems that hes 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. Not beautiful. 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 womens bodies. If Twitter had been around during the age of enlightenment wed presumably have had Immanuel Kant furiously leaning over his keyboard typing: the Queen of Prussia is NOT hot. Sorry. Dont critique my reasoning.

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. Petersons, however, seems to be like tissue paper. Todays Twitter meltdown isnt the first time he has reacted very badly to criticism. There was the infamous time, for example, when the Indian essayist Pankaj Mishra accused Peterson of peddling fascist mysticism. Peterson, in turn, called Mishra an arrogant, racist son of a bitch and proclaimed: If you were in my room at the moment, Id slap you happily.

And lets not forget when Peterson took extreme offence at an interview by Decca Aitkenhead in the Sunday Times and immediately cancelled all other media appearances. I do not think that it is mere thin-skinned sensitivity on my part to believe that I would have fared no worse had I discussed my affairs with an avowed enemy, Peterson wrote on his blog.

What makes Petersons aversion to criticism extra hilarious is that one of the rules in his famous book is Set your house in perfect order before you criticize the world. Petersons own house, alas, is a complete mess. The man is a self-proclaimed free speech warrior who has made a living arguing that people should be able to say whatever the hell they like and offend whoever they like. Snowflakes be damned! But when people use their freedom of speech to criticize him? Thats a step too far! Like every prominent person who likes developing rules for other people to live by, Peterson doesnt seem to think they apply to him.

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