Not everyone takes a joke well.
Unfortunately for him, on April 1, right-wing provocateur Jordan Peterson didn’t realize it was April Fool’s Day. He proceeded to put the ‘F’ in “fool” when he erupted at a Western Standard online news tweet.
The psychologist went off on the news company as well as Prime Minister Justin Trudeau on Twitter.
Sharing the Western Standard tweet, Peterson posted:
“This idiot country is sheathed in ice seven months of the year and the trans Canada highway (an underdeveloped national disgrace) is 5000 miles long.”
“Is there nothing so stupid you won’t do it @JustinTrudeau?”
\u201cThis idiot country is sheathed in ice seven months of the year and the trans Canada highway (an underdeveloped national disgrace) is 5000 miles long. Is there nothing so stupid you won’t do it @JustinTrudeau ?\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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He clearly didn’t read the article.
It explicitly states it was an April Fool’s joke at the end of the article.
Western Standard
Peterson saw Trudeau was supposedly making plans to convert one lane of the TransCanada highway to a bike lane. To the tune of $100 billion (CA).
But instead of reading the article to the end and enjoying being in on the joke with the rest of Twitter, Peterson immediately chose to rant about Trudeau’s stupidity.
Twitter immediately pointed out the date to the scholar.
\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Dear Dr. Peterson, In your capacity as psychologist perhaps you can answer a query? Is it healthy for someone to be so rage-filled that they respond to an obvious April Fool’s Day article with sputtering fury? Can you advise? Regards, Jeet Heer\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau I\u2019m fairly certain that Trudeau would never be so stupid as to listen to you, so there\u2019s that.\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Speaking of idiots\u2026\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Hi Dr.\n\nYou ever think about just taking a breath and giving it a rest?\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau come on Jordan it’s 4/1\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau it\u2019s satire Jordan, I\u2019m surprised you would comment before reading it.\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau The $100 billion price tag in the first paragraph should have been your tip-off that it was an April Fool\u2019s joke, if the substance of the article didn\u2019t do it.\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau You got done on an April Fools Jordan\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Confirmation Bias so strong in Prof Peterson that he doesn\u2019t recognise an April Fool joke.\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Has anyone else noticed that JP regularly falls for twitter trolls lmao\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau Come on now. Read the whole article before commenting on it .\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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\u201c@jordanbpeterson @JustinTrudeau It\u2019s April 1st. Perhaps dig a bit more into this before jumping off the deep end.\u201d— Dr Jordan B Peterson (@Dr Jordan B Peterson)
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Maybe next time Dr. Peterson will complete his research before jumping to conclusions
