[CliffFletcher]

I haven't read 12 Rules, and I'm no 'fan' of Peterson's. The basis of his popularity is his trenchant and articulate criticism of the illiberal left and identity politics. To date the, the only face-to-face opposition he gets on those grounds is hysterical students wailing and screaming, and, of course, the famous Channel 4 interview.

So why don't some of the professors who preach anti-Western, anti-liberal dogma step up and publicly debate the issues of politics driven by group vs individual identity, free speech vs controlled speech, intersectionality, etc? People like the professors at Laurier seem perfectly happy to bully students who dissent from their program in their private offices. Time to step out of the safe space of the Student Intersectional Trauma Centre and make their case in public.

There's strong public appetite for this sort of open dialogue, and tremendous resentment that the course of social policy is being steered by academics and their media allies without any public debate. Do these academics feel its beneath them to make their case to the wider public?