A No Agenda podcaster defending Scott Adams? :agummythink: .. interesting.

It's bad to put anyone on a pedestal. There are things I don't agree with when I listen to John and Adam (and I'm an NA Knight), but I still respect them and learn a lot.

I think there has been a lot of good stuff from Scott Adams, but man he really has been an insufferable asshole for ~2 years or so.

I think it's really healthy and good to always accept criticisms of your heroes, and to not condemn even people you like because of some views you don't agree with. But you still need to be critical. (For example, I typically like Peterson, but he [totally fucked up on his Net-and-Yahoo interview](https://battlepenguin.com/politics/kanye-is-the-ideal-democrat-candidate/#the-net-and-yoo-hoo), and I don't agree with some of his moral idealism, but I also don't hate him just cause he sides with Zionism and the Daily Wire).

People view attacks on those they idolize as attacks on themselves. People need to argue their own ideas, and not just defend a person because of who they are.