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ardent_uno
I feel like everyone's attacking a straw man version of Jordan Peterson in a case of mass virtue signaling.
jstewartmobile
Yep. If this guy had anything legit to pin on JP, this long-ass drawn-out story would have been much shorter.
gsaga
He does.

1. He's more of a preacher than a teacher, even in the classroom.

2. He uses the language of fear, a lot.

3. His follower tend to be outright dismissive of opposing views.

gsaga
Ps. I'm also a fan. He helped me clean my room.
ardent_uno
Those points describe a large number of public intellectuals from across the political spectrum, most of whom I would not consider dangerous.
tlb
Having one's followers be dismissive of opposing views is not necessarily bad. Darwin shares that distinction.
jstewartmobile
You've just described almost every humanities professor I've ever had. I didn't need an article that long to hear a pot call a kettle black.
eberkund
I really can't stand JP, I'm glad to see more people coming with articles opposing him. I feel like in a lot of cases in interviews he rambles off and touches on so many different points that people have a hard time responding to him. I think the author of this article tries to touch on this somewhat.