Posted: Mar 19, 2018 11:25 am
by Spinozasgalt
Up until recently, I mostly heard about the guy through a small group of Canadian writers/activists/etc pushing back against him, Lindsay Shepherd, and others over trans and Indigenous rights (especially on Twitter). Back then the press was largely on his side and you got a lot of puff pieces that just gave him a broader platform. Plus, he does that whole "free speech!" thing - most journalists don't seem capable of interrogating that. There's been a little more critical commentary come out recently though. If you want a take on Peterson's "marxism" charge against postmodernism and the conspiracy vibe he's got going about universities, there's this from Shuja Haider.

I disagree with Haider on other stuff, but I like that he tackles that "identity politics as cultural marxism" nonsense here. Makes it interesting even if you don't care about Peterson.