{"id":120654,"date":"2021-02-08T09:10:46","date_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:10:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120654"},"modified":"2021-02-08T09:42:25","modified_gmt":"2021-02-08T14:42:25","slug":"prominent-professor-takes-down-virtue-signaling-seth-rogen-gets-canceled-hard","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/prominent-professor-takes-down-virtue-signaling-seth-rogen-gets-canceled-hard\/","title":{"rendered":"Prominent Professor Takes Down \u2018Virtue Signaling\u2019 Seth Rogen, Gets Canceled Hard"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">22<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fprominent-professor-takes-down-virtue-signaling-seth-rogen-gets-canceled-hard%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=120654&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><div><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/02\/seth-2.jpg?w=1200&amp;h=800&amp;ixlib=react-9.0.3\" class=\"ff-og-image-inserted\" \/><\/div>\n<p>Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist and professor in the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University who has held visiting professorships at Cornell University, Dartmouth College and the University of California. He\u2019s also written more than 300 pieces for Psychology Today.<\/p>\n<p>But when he took aim at actor and professional stoner Seth Rogen, he got canceled hard.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/thepostmillennial.com\/gad-saad-the-moral-hypocrisy-of-celebrities-the-case-of-seth-rogen\">piece<\/a> headlined \u201cThe moral hypocrisy of celebrities \u2014 the case of Seth Rogen\u201d \u2014 since pulled by Psychology Today \u2014 Saad wrote that \u201cSeth Rogen and other champagne socialists do not live out their convictions. They are vacuous parasitic virtue signallers who wear Che Guevara T-shirts from the luxury of their Malibu homes. Be the former and reject the latter.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Saad took down virtue signaling among the privileged classes, writing:<\/p>\n<blockquote>\n<p><em>Let me explain yet again the source for all of the platitudinous virtue signalling. The truly privileged elites know that deep down they are frauds. They suffer from existential guilt. Hence, one of the ways by which they assuage the guilt albatross around their necks is to demonstrate to the world that they are truly compassionate, truly loving, truly caring, truly profound. Hence, they love all \u2018undocumented\u2019 immigrants. They love Mother Earth. They love the ozone layer. They love BLM. They love socialism. They love inner cities. They hate the gentrification of neighbourhoods. They love mentors of color. They cherish diversity. They love LGBTQ movies. They adore queer architecture. They are better than you. More caring, more cultured, more empathetic. This permits them to sleep better at night. See, I\u2019m not a fraud. I may be a gargantuan parasitic hedge fund bullshitter but I really care. I may be an overpaid BS actor but I fight for solar panels. Those fly over rubes deserve their lot in life. They are racists who bed their siblings. We are science supporters who fight against Mother Earth rapists whilst flying in our private jets. It is a classic ego defensive strategy that permits the ruling class to exist within their fractured selves. Save this thread. Memorize it. I\u2019m offering you a deep psychological explanation of our times.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Pretty scathing.<\/p>\n<p>Then Rogen responded.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI actually watched your video and it\u2019s so stupid. Why was I a left wing socialist when I was broke and unemployed according to your brilliant theory?\u201d he wrote on Twitter.<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">I actually watched your video and it\u2019s so stupid. Why was I a left wing socialist when I was broke and unemployed according to your brilliant theory?<\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Seth Rogen (@Sethrogen) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/Sethrogen\/status\/1356018250656538624?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">January 31, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>Then Psychology Today yanked the article. <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">\u201cThe article that was pulled by&nbsp;<\/span><span class=\"r-18u37iz\"><a class=\"css-4rbku5 css-18t94o4 css-901oao css-16my406 r-1n1174f r-1loqt21 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\" role=\"link\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PsychToday\" data-focusable=\"true\">@PsychToday<\/a><\/span> <span class=\"css-901oao css-16my406 r-poiln3 r-bcqeeo r-qvutc0\">for NO valid reason has now been published by a second outlet,\u201d he wrote.<\/span><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">The article that was pulled by <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/PsychToday?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">@PsychToday<\/a> for NO valid reason has now been published by a second outlet.<a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/zwt5fsMVnc\">https:\/\/t.co\/zwt5fsMVnc<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gad Saad (@GadSaad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GadSaad\/status\/1357876434035949569?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 6, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p>But Saad had the last word.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI heard back from an associate editor at Psychology Today,\u201d he wrote on Twitter. \u201cThe email was truly breathtaking. In explaining the hypocrisy of the ruling class and in my interaction with Seth Rogen, I used terms such as \u2018hypocritical fraud\u2019 and \u2018vacuous parasitic signalers.\u2019 This was apparently unacceptable. To frontally criticize a public figure for proclaiming to love socialism whilst benefiting from the most capitalist industry in the most capitalist society ever should apparently be tackled with gentle words and \u2019empirical evidence.&#8217;\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhat is the empirical evidence that would be required to critique him? I should have perhaps stated that Rogan\u2019s position was \u2018problematic but noble\u2019 and that I would be conducting a 6-month longitudinal psychoanalysis of his motives for having such a fractured incongruity between his stated beliefs and his daily reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI have been writing for Psychology Today, since 2008 (312 articles). This is the first one that they\u2019ve ever pulled. I have generated nearly 7 million readers for them, but the use of \u2018parasitic\u2019 is simply unacceptable to them,\u201d Saad wrote.&nbsp;\u201cMy book is titled \u2018The PARASITIC Mind.\u2019 I know the editor in chief personally. I know many of the senior editors. What is transpiring is truly chilling. OK, well, get ready. I\u2019m activating my honey badger.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cP.S. \u2014 My article that was pulled had become one of the five most popular on their site in 30 minutes. But apparently it was too triggering to be \u2018mean\u2019 to Seth Rogen. It\u2019s not empirically-based polite language. We have truly entered a dangerous reality.\u201d<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"500\" data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">Please read carefully. They are coming for you. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/ZykiM7w5ZF\">pic.twitter.com\/ZykiM7w5ZF<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u2014 Gad Saad (@GadSaad) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/GadSaad\/status\/1357812767080775685?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">February 5, 2021<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n<p><strong>Related<\/strong>: <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/news\/ted-cruz-blasts-moron-seth-rogen-during-twitter-tussle-over-paris-climate-agreement\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Ted Cruz Blasts \u2018Moron\u2019 Seth Rogen During Twitter Tussle Over Paris Climate Agreement<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><em><span>The Daily Wire is one of America\u2019s fastest-growing conservative media companies and counter-cultural outlets for news, opinion, and entertainment. Get inside access to The Daily Wire by becoming a<\/span><\/em> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.dailywire.com\/subscribe\"><em><span>member<\/span><\/em><\/a><em><span>.<\/span><\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gad Saad is a Lebanese-Canadian evolutionary psychologist and professor in the John Molson School of Business at Concordia University who has held visiting professorships at Cornell University, Dartmouth College and &#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1892860,"comment_status":"close","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[],"tags":[4010,4269,5753,5756,5755,4259],"class_list":["post-120654","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","tag-down","tag-professor","tag-prominent","tag-seth","tag-signaling","tag-takes"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/cndimages.nyc3.digitaloceanspaces.com\/breaking-news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/IMG_2758-scaled-1.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120654","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=120654"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/120654\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1892860"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=120654"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=120654"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=120654"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}