Peterson’s rules for supporting arguments

Reading Jordan Peterson’s 12 Rules for Life. Many of the foundations for his rules he enforces using the stories and metaphors from the bible. A bit too much to my taste, but

Peterson in 2018
Photo: Gage Skidmore 

I am willing to agree that a lot of wisdom is gathered in this book. However, when Peterson cites Adolf Hitler to support his arguments that people should not live with lies, I wonder what he was thinking. Does he really think quoting Hitler would enforce his viewpoint in the mind of any decent person?  

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