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Originally Posted by SebC
What I fail to understand is the value in writing, publishing and sharing what are often poorly-substantiated opinions versus attempting to treat a subject fairly.
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The value is it sends a message to fellow-travelers that you're on their side. It also riles up people who disagree with you.
So pretty much Rick Bell level stuff. Which is nothing new in opinion pieces. But it is telling that those sorts of pieces are
all we get from Canada's Toronto-based media on the subject of Jordan Peterson. I get the impression of a social clique that genuinely hates the guy, and bitterly resents his success. It's unfortunate that we live in a country where the media is dominated by a social clique of a couple thousand people living in the same city.
The UK media, as much as it's sometimes criticized for being too London-centric, demonstrates much more diversity. This interview, by a London-based journalist, is both in-depth and fair-minded. We've yet to see anything similar in the Canadian media.
http://quillette.com/2018/01/27/walk...an-b-peterson/