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Originally Posted by pylon
Did I in any capacity defend Jordan Peterson as a person? "Say what you want about the guy...." is a pretty clear indication of I really don't hold him in reverence. That doesn't change the fact he was ostracized, at the time, for challenging the narrative. And having a mob of teenagers shreiking in his face. That's not a civil way to challenge someone.
I have zero doubt that there is a community of people suffering gender dysphoria. I can't imagine the pain and confusion. And my heart bleeds for people suffering in the trans community.
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Except that is 100% not a fact.
He was ostracized because he has some pretty abhorrent views, and he straight up lied about what Bill C-16 said/meant, especially when it came to people in his position.
Under no circumstances was he going to be fired because he refused to use people's preferred pronouns, as he was claiming, and as he 100% proved false, by you know, continuing to teach.
That being said, people realized he was an @$$hole and called him out for it. And even then he wasn't fired, because you can't fire a Tenured Professor for being a dick.
Any "Consequences" that he saw were 100% brought on by the way he treated people, not by any specific belief he held. If he hadn't been a such an insufferable jerk, he would still be teaching, but he wouldn't have grown up to be the self professed martyr he so very much wanted to be.