Peterson provides the pretense of sophistication to what they already believe. I say that as someone who would have been attracted to his shit 10 years ago. I don’t think there’s any prescriptive reading like that. The point of reentry into their belief system is relatively tiny.
But, I do think using your friendship to challenge the consequences of their beliefs works. (Although, it’s also exhausting.) I wrote this after challening my technically-minded friend:https://dispatches.artifexdeus.com/what-is-your-political-loss-function-a32749c5c37f …