My work as a lawyer involves advocating in support of whatever
position is favourable to my clients' interests, making it
convincing, and doing so ethically. It is uncomfortable for me to
write about my personal views, but I figured I'd share the
following, with the hope that it might be of interest to other
50-year-olds and older folks who are, like me, adapting to changing
societal realities.
I have been following, from afar, with both intrigue and
amazement the incidents involving psychologist and U of T professor
Jordan Peterson. Whether one agrees or disagrees with his views and
opinions, what strikes me most is the level of anger, rage even,
and lack of informed and orderly debate taking place about the
issues. I suspect that many homophobic, transphobic and other kinds
of phobic individuals holding views much more extreme than those of
Peterson are reveling in the fact that someone with credibility,
knowledge and eloquence is doing the dirty work of sticking it
