Heated debate on gender pronouns and free speech in Toronto

University of Toronto professors Jordan Peterson and A.W. Peet discuss the use of alternate pronouns on campus for those who say words like 'he, she, him or her' don't represent them accurately

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[lengerer]

Here in Australia we have this sorted. We call everyone mate

[johnward]

MY rights DON'T end where your feelings begin.

[MsCarlota]

I've noticed those who say "be kind" are often quite vindictive in reality.

[leigh]

How can you be both Transgender and Non-Binary? What did you transition from and transition to? This just proves how ridiculous this all is.

[bluemagic]

The reason this guy is so popular is because our world has gone mad and he's saying what most of us are thinking but very eloquently

[dblankenship]

“In order to be able to think, you have to risk being offensive”.

[jimlahey]

These aren’t debates. It’s one man speaking facts and another speaking feelings

[leequinn]

How can less than 1% of the population cause this much trouble on a college campus?

[IImitateVince]

This is NOT "left vs right"
This is lunacy vs sanity

[Linara]

George Orwell once wrote or said, "The further a society drifts from the truth, the more they will hate those that speak it, "

[sonny]

I'm with Peterson on this. You can ask me to address you any way you want and I may or may not comply with your request at my discretion.

[donaldleider]

There was only one real professor in this debate, Dr. Peterson

[kdorji]

There are two types of gender


Autobots and Decepticons

[kieranmp]

In North England everyone is just called ‘mate’

[rakantion]

WTF IS ZE AND ZER
WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS GENERATION?!?!?!?!?!?!?!

[ComradeGeneralSupreme]

"I am transgender and non binary."

What self contradictory BS is this?

[matthewlevey]

Meanwhile here in Africa, Students fighting to have a better education

[gotb]

I have the utmost respect for this guy because he’s not afraid to publicly say what most of us are thinking.

[mr.silver]

I believe it was George Orwell that once said "the further society strays from the truth, the more it is angered by those that speak it". Keep up the fight peterson.

[josepi]

The amount of patience Jordan has is absolutely insane. I could not hold a civil conversation with these individuals with how they negotiate.