direct comparisons between animals and humans can be problematic. Taking them too literally could be one such problem.
But anyway.. just wanted to chime in, and not watched the video.. (sorry!)
He's become a pretty divisive character that's for sure, but having read his book over the summer (12 rules), I have to say overall i quite like him. I thought the book was good - certainly much more good than anything bad... But maybe that's just my own culture and leanings. I feel a bit 'old school' these day, to say the least.
I don't go in for all the culture war stuff much, I just don't like it.. but I can't deny that my natural lean is toward the 'conservative' side, if i can call it that. I think his religious/mythological leanings also come into things. I dig that stuff a lot, the approach he takes to that.
At first I liked a few interviews I saw; you can tell straight away he's real smart and a great talker. A good sophist, who is very good at choosing his words.
Later I read and heard some of the criticism of him and kind of was on the fence about it all. A few years back I was reconnecting with a really dear old friend, someone I respect and who was smart and sophisticated in her own right (lawyer, mother, artist). She really was the last person I would have expected to be this huge Jordon Peterson fan given what I had heard about him.
Anyway this year another friend of mine rocked up to stay with me for a week or so and had his book, 12 Rules, with him, so that's how I got to read it. I'm really glad i did, it's the kind of thing I want to give to my kids to read when they get a bit older.
My sister on the other hand, the clinical psyche.. Oh my, she can't stand the guy. I think she hangs out on psyche forums ripping into his stuff with other like minded folk. lol. I don't really get the hate, or maybe I do.. But when I insisted to her, well, have you read that book? it's good! She's like no, I don't have to, I know what he thinks and says and so on.. Let's just say I don't think we'll be having that conversation any time soon round the dinner table again.