Possible Governor Matthew McConaughey is a Fan of Alt-Right Professor
After watching Governor Greg Abbott sign away a huge chunk of Texas’ reproductive rights, I can certainly understand why the prospect of anyone beating him can seem appealing. Particularly when the challenges so far look like they are coming from the right in the form of former state Sen. Don Huffines or possibly Texas GOP Chair Allen West. Against such a collection of loathsome gargoyles, would actor and long-rumored potential candidate Matthew McConaughey really be so bad? Certainly, a recent poll of Austinites found they would be alright alright alright with that. Sorry, I am legally obligated by the Dad Joke Guild to use that bit at least once, and it won’t happen again.
Let’s not rush to elect the star of the worst Stephen King adaptation ever just because he’s burnt orange for life and seems like a nice enough dude, though. For one, McConaughey is entirely too chummy with Canada’s most famous alt-right gateway drug, Dr. Prof. Jordan B. Peterson.
If this is your first time hearing about Peterson, I want to congratulate you on avoiding the parts of the internet that make people into lunatics. He is a Canadian psychologist who became a viral sensation after his country passed a law designating deliberate misgendering of people a form of discrimination. Under the guise of freedom of speech, Peterson became an alt-right darling by pretending that evil social justice warriors were waiting in his classroom to force him to lick the boots of the transgender illuminati. He’s since maneuvered this persecution complex into a vast and profitable media empire, mostly by giving incels and dudes whose dads didn’t tell them they loved them a father figure reinforcing their chauvinism in an extremely toxic way.
The stars aligned for the McConaughey/Peterson tag team earlier this year when McConaughey was promoting his memoir Greenlights and appeared on Peterson’s podcast. In the acknowledgments of the book, McConaughey thanks Peterson, and has been in correspondence with the psychologist for over a year. Apparently, McConaughey found a lot to like in Peterson’s bestseller, 12 Rules for Life, which is basically just AA for guys who think feminism is why they are miserable.
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