Peterson thinks that non-binary pronouns are tools wielded by nefarious neo-Marxists, and refuses to use the tools of his avowed enemies. To me the issue is more complex than that, and in any case I’m happy to use people’s preferred pronouns out of basic courtesy, if nothing else. Peterson, however, rejects the ‘respect’ argument because he sees pronoun use as an utterly casual affair (thinking, I presume, of when people call him ‘him’, rather than thinking of the idea of most people in the world calling him ‘her’, against his wishes).4