Jordan Peterson's ideas already are mainstream; it's called conservatism. The political orthodoxy that prevails in North American universities is, on the other hand, not mainstream. It's an extreme, fringe movement. Most Americans have no idea what it actually is, and when confronted with it, find it rather repugnant.
The question that intrigues me is, why do so many think pieces and op-eds find Jordan Peterson's ideas threatening, fascistic, and authoritarian, when they're really just a repackaging of moderate Christian conservatism and Jungian psychology?
I don't know Jordan Peterson's ideas enough to opine but what I liked about this piece was the recognition of a need for an intelligent philosophical conversation in public spaces. As humans (assuming we're all human!), we all have philosophical questions throughout our lives and we need to know how to work through these.
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