Patri Friedman

I suppose if you're too literal to understand his work on myths, too wimpy to value his teaching strong-but-not-macho masculinity, and too unlibertarian to care about him defending free speech, @jordanbpeterson is merely a respected professor. Mystifying indeed.https://twitter.com/willwilkinson/status/956173875083059201 …

So much identity-defending cultiness around the guy. His stuff on pomo, race, and gender is just utter trash. I'm saddened smart people I admire have been taken in.

What's your take on the three points Patri mentioned?

Don't know the myths work, but super skeptical of the empirical credibility of Jungian stuff generally; strong but not macho is great; love free speech, so naturally quite alarmed by the extent to which "free speech" has become a front for bigotry.

Thanks for the substantive reply! Can you give me an example where you see Peterson using free speech as a front for bigotry? I have only listened to a few hours of his interview and lectures, so I could have missed that part.

He first came to wide public attention protesting Canadian human rights protections for trans people, and refusing to afford trans people the dignity of their preferred pronouns, on free speech grounds.