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He got fired? That's news to me. He's still on the U of T directory.

http://home.psych.utoronto.ca/staff/undergrad.htm

As for his views on SJWs, that's a small part of what he does. He's an evolutionary psychologist. He takes the long view of things, and discovered that some religions got some things right, and that's reflected in the stories we tell each other.

Philosophers and historians have been discovering that religion got some things right for a long time, not sure anyone can lay claim to that achievement.

" Peterson at the University of Toronto in March 2017 In response to the controversy, academic administrators at the University of Toronto sent Peterson two letters of warning, one noting that free speech had to be made in accordance with human rights legislation and the other adding that his refusal to use the preferred personal pronouns of students and faculty upon request could constitute discrimination. Peterson speculated that these warning letters were leading up to formal disciplinary action against him, but in December the university assured him that he would retain his professorship, and in January 2017 he returned to teach his psychology class at the University of Toronto."

-Wikipedia

Whatever, close enough.

"He takes the long view of things"

Nonstatement.

"and discovered that some religions got some things right"

Funny that you brought religion into this - he is a lot like religion, that is - he has a lot of fans, and gets some things right, infrequently.

Would you please not do flamewars on HN? Especially not about classic flamewar topics. I realize you didn't introduce it, but you did more than anyone else to wreck this thread.

https://news.ycombinator.com/newsguidelines.html

Also, personal attacks like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18133374 will get you banned here, so please don't do that again.

Also, while I have you: if you post nationalistic slurs like https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=18121532 again ("shitty country"), we will ban you.

I have a ton to say on this, but here is the tl;dr:

1. Read my other posts in this thread - does it look like I came here looking for a flamewar?

2. Calling Pakistan a "shitty country" is not a nationalistic slur, it's a reflection of the economic, educational, and political reality there. Would you ban me for saying "Pakistan has a weak economy, a poor education system, few businesses, a corrupt political system, and a history of losing wars to India."? That statement and "Pakistan is a shitty country" are equivalent. The irony is heavy here btw.

3. If you are going to go through and cite my posts - consider citing the post in the Pakistan thread where I intentionally deescalated and stepped away from a flamewar, it's kind of relevant here.

Anyway, I am going to be a good boy, don't ban me.

1. What matters is what you did, not what you came looking for. Please don't do it again.

2. Those statements are not equivalent.

3. That sounds good; I didn't see that one.

It was actually about a bill being passed on compelled speech.

I think this is a pretty accurate summary, as probably evidenced by the downvotes you are getting (and I no doubt will get). :)

The 'Canadaland' Podcast, a Canadian media criticism podcast, did a fantastic episode on Petersons media strategy. It basically maps how Dr.(?) Peterson exploits his controversial reputation to sell his books.

http://www.canadalandshow.com/podcast/canadaland-guide-jorda...

(As a side note, even though its Canada-centric, Canadaland is probably one of best things that has happened to Canadian journalism in a long time. Anyone even remotely interested should give it a listen.)

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