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Originally Posted by CliffFletcher
It's like they wish he would just go away. Which seems a pretty sorry stance for Canada's public broadcaster to take with such a prominent figure.
You don't have to think he's a guru or agree with his criticism of identity politics to recognize that he's an important figure on the cultural and political landscape today. What does it say about the public dialogue in this country that he's being recognized as such in the UK while the Canadian cultural establishment has rendered him persona non grata?
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I guess the better question is: why should they?
He espouses views that are mostly poorly thought out and presumptuous, betrays his own world of logic constantly, and is generally not nearly as important as you make him out to be.
It’s more surprising that Channel 4 interviewed him than it is that CBC ignores him.
Most of it isn’t much more than MRA appeasing rhetoric. I know that sort of stuff usually lights your fire, but I can’t imagine it would for many Canadians.