Patri Friedman

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.

My dad, who is not a bigot, has the same view. He sees it as deeply wrong for someone to think they own or control someone else's choice of words. Fine to request, nice to honor the request, but to insist or call it a right is thought control. Consider you might be wrong on this.

The same view? Are you saying your dad opposes the extension of human rights protections for trans people, and/or refuses to afford trans people the dignity of their pronouns?

Each of us decides if we see another person as liar or honest, kind or cruel, weak or strong, him or her. There may be social consequences for speaking judgments contradictory to social consensus (calling an honest person a liar), but an odd opinion should not be a crime.