"But what exactly did Peterson say that has so irked the groupthink crowd? DailyMail brings us a partial summary:
2016: Slammed proposed Canadian legislation that would ban discrimination based on ‘gender identity or gender expression’, claiming it would threaten free speech
2017: Claimed that ‘the idea of white privilege is absolutely reprehensible’ because ‘most people have all sorts of privilege’
2018: Told British TV network Channel 4 that men need to ‘grow the hell up’ and ‘adopt responsibility’ while discussing the crisis of masculinity. Also claimed that the gender pay gap was not ‘only due to sex’
2019: Cambridge University withdrew Peterson’s fellowship after facing furious backlash for announcing ten-part lecture series
Late 2020: Staff at Penguin Random House Canada attempt to block the publication of his self-help book Beyond Order: 12 More Rules for Life, slamming Peterson as an ‘icon of white supremacy and hate speech’
May 2022: Calls plus-size Sports Illustrated Swimsuit cover model ‘not beautiful,’ and further claiming ‘no amount of authoritarian tolerance is going to change that.’
Notice that none of Peterson’s pronouncements promote violence, or incite anyone to take harmful action against anyone else. These are just his opinions, and we used to live in a world where we were allowed to air those.
Canada’s descent into authoritarianism seems remarkably swift, and Prime Minister Justin Trudeau’s brutal crackdown on the Freedom Convoy should have been a warning to us all. (The Freedom Convoy was comprised of truckers peacefully protesting against Canada’s repressive COVID policies). He quickly moved on from that travesty to banning handguns. Where I used to view the Great White North as a country of moose and disturbingly friendly people, I now see it as a warning."
