His lawyers call Toronto psychologist and bestselling author Jordan Peterson a colourful and controversial “online provocateur” whose YouTube videos and tweets are liked by millions.
Peterson’s detractors see him as a showboater who uses controversy to make money, espouses anti-feminist and anti-trans views and spreads misinformation about areas he knows little about; his climate change commentary on a podcast last year was derided by scientists as “stunningly ignorant.”
