Jordan Peterson
Last year the New York Times opinion section described Jordan Peterson as “the most influential public intellectual in the Western world.” Peterson amassed an army of sad young men online, using bizarre analogies to call on them to take personal responsibility for their lives (and channel their disillusionment into misogyny). Like so many other people who are “just asking questions,” he’s made an effort to promote transphobia, among other hateful ideologies.
Technically, Peterson isn’t banned from Twitter. He had his account temporarily suspended for misgendering the actor Elliot Page, but he refused to take the post down. So he remains off the platform, relegating his Kermit-the-Frog-esque Canadian brogue to other parts of the internet.
