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My fellow Canadians, for whom the regulatory body is a religion, simply don’t know what to do with Jordan Peterson. The uppity ones are usually small-town hosers and dirty blue collar types like the truckers. So easy to dismiss! Just call them racist or homophobic then call it a day. A mild-mannered prof who looks like the establishment—lives among the establishment and even socializes with the establishment—makes their little brains short circuit.
My fellow Canadians, for whom the regulatory body is a religion, simply don’t know what to do with Jordan Peterson. The uppity ones are usually small-town hosers and dirty blue collar types like the truckers. So easy to dismiss! Just call them racist or homophobic then call it a day. A mild-mannered prof who looks like the establishment—lives among the establishment and even socializes with the establishment—makes their little brains short circuit.
That’s a great article - thank you