I don’t believe you have to respect anyone just for being in existence. Respect is earned not given. That being said I respect Jordan B Peterson for standing up for free speech.

I also think it is compelled speech. There is no excuse for you to demand me to call u whatever you want.

31:04 – The trans community suffers harm regularity from discrimination.

Everyone suffers regularly from careless words, getting their truth shattered. That doesn’t mean you put them in jail just because their words hurt your feelings. What happened to “stick and stones may break my bones but words will never hurt me” Also “free speech means the right to offend”

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Bill C-16 – What’s the Big Deal?