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RE: the fan photo - i think this is one where Peterson is well-aware of how racist* such a t-shirt is, but he's become so entrenched in his position against guilt-by-association, he'd never openly apologise or distance himself from it (bar deleting the photo). That, and 'plausible deniability' which has become a huge tactic not only for these 'classical liberals', but also the alt/far-right.
I mean, as a lefty whose formative years were spent listening to black metal, i get that the a minority of the left can be shouty and over-zealous in this respect, but it seems Peterson and his ilk have dug their heels in and kind of accepted the 'enemy of my enemy is my friend' outlook. Any suggestion of middle-ground or that something is offensive is
*i was originally going to write 'racist and/or xenophobic' but then if you have reasonable criticisms of certain aspects of Islam (i'm thinking wahhabism), this t-shirt isn't the way of showing that, it's just plain racist.