Why the hate for wisdom?

[Bring4th_Austin]

While I did enjoy hearing what the talking cat had to say for 8 minutes, I feel like I must repeat that the reason why NPC triggers those you call NPCs (leftists) is because dehumanization leads to violence. We can go in circles about this but I'm not going to stop saying it until trans people, muslims, black people, women, activists, and anyone else feels safe every time they leave their house. Until we stop hearing about churches and schools and dance clubs and planned parenthoods being shot up by angry folks, I'm going to continue to speak against the type of language that is used to prime people to commit and condone these types of violent acts.

I watched the whole video and did not find a single call to unity in the message. It was purely us vs. them. What's the point of this "meme" other than separation?

Also I find it super ironic that someone uses a video to tell other people that they only repeat the same stuff that other people say. A video proudly full of memes... with an avatar of a talking cat...

The dehuminzation being the most harmful aspect of the meme, the self-evident irony is maybe the most baffling aspect. The entire concept of the "meme" is predicated on unoriginality and mimicking behavior, especially in the modern internet format. They are like a transplant for thought, and the entire idea is that they can be shared ad nauseam without the necessity for critical thought or nuanced perspective. The "NPC meme" is like this entire idea collapsing in on itself. A thoughtless meme saying that people who disagree with the meme are thoughtless? I'm surprised it hasn't caused a black hole of irony yet.

There's a similar irony in Jordan Peterson's disciples. He talks a lot about "ideological possession," but when he describes what exactly that is, the people who first come to my mind are his own followers. I understand that so much of our spiritual growth as individuals is going through a process of projection, shadow work, and subsequent self-realization, but I'm just struck at how stark these projections can be in a crowd that likes to fancy themselves as free thinkers.