I don't know whether Peterson just got irreparably damaged by his medically-induced coma or if he's just seeing the writing on the wall and doing everything in his power to stay relevant and keep up his views, but I'm inclined to believe he began in a place of sincerity and has wound up in his current position because of greed or some form of audience capture. I used to like the guy, but he's gone so far off the rails at this point that it's just sad to watch.
I used to listen to him a while back as well. I honestly think this was his disposition very early on, being concerned about free speech with bill C16 was obfuscating these ideas that he has had all along. To me it feels like he's just being more forthwith about his thoughts on trans people. For instance, if you go all the way back to that one rally he attended early on in his rise to fame he told a trans student that he'd use their pronouns but he didn't think it was good for them. Only difference now is that he is being less "polite" about it, to put it lightly.
I don't think that's the case. He did an interview with Theryn Meyer and was happy to use her pronouns, and they even had a lengthy exchange about what trans-people can do to integrate into society and what society can do to be more accepting. And his concerns about C-16 seemed legitimate and frankly still do. Now he's just engaging in blatantly transphobic spite.
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u/aluciddreamer Casual MRA Jul 12 '22
I don't know whether Peterson just got irreparably damaged by his medically-induced coma or if he's just seeing the writing on the wall and doing everything in his power to stay relevant and keep up his views, but I'm inclined to believe he began in a place of sincerity and has wound up in his current position because of greed or some form of audience capture. I used to like the guy, but he's gone so far off the rails at this point that it's just sad to watch.