Matthew d’Ancona: “Banning people like Jordan Peterson from causing offence – that’s the road to dystopia”

Our thanks to James for this ludicrous piece in The Guardian. Extracts:

Though it is unfair to pigeonhole two such intelligent people, the conversation between Peterson and Newman, distilled to its essentials, [J4MB: This is Guardian doublespeak for “ignoring the neo-Marxist bias of the interviewer, and her shameful repeated (but failed) attempts at misrepresenting and demonising her interviewee”] was an argument between classical liberal ideas and modern identity politics…

There are plenty of people who think that Peterson has no place on a mainstream news programme, or even in academic life…

A pluralistic, diverse society needs more free speech, not less. It needs fewer safe spaces and bans, and more civility and resilience.

Now, I know what some of you are thinking: what right does a white, middle-class, straight, cis male who turns 50 this week have to say anything about this? [J4MB emphasis: This sentence tells you all you need to know about this vile trashy propaganda rag, fit only for lining cat litter trays.] And the answer is: I say what I like, within the law, and so do you.

 

2 thoughts on “Matthew d’Ancona: “Banning people like Jordan Peterson from causing offence – that’s the road to dystopia”

  1. “Now, I know what some of you are thinking: what right does a white, middle-class, straight, cis male who turns 50 this week have to say anything about this?”

    Anything he wants, why should he have any less right to share his thoughts than anyone else?

    As a millennial it was all before my time, but I’m almost sure that back in the day, there were these campaigns to allow people to speak and write freely, regardless of their gender or race. Now, if only I could remember what they were called again…

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