Regarding the Meyer interview, one part stood out to me in particular. Peterson poses a hypothetical question to Meyer: what if ‘your mere existence [as a trans person] is a threat to categorical order’, to the extent that the right thing to do would be to ‘deny your own inner impulses and conform’? I’m not going to neglect the fact that Peterson clearly puts this forward as a hypothetical. At the same time, I’m not going to neglect the fact that, in the nuanced world of human communication, and in the context of a society where many people passionately believe Peterson’s hypothetical, enforcing their belief with violence, putting up this rhetorical shield cannot be a simple or innocent move. The fact that Peterson’s flow falters soon after, resulting in a limp ‘It’s a very tricky thing to think through’, underlines this. The shield can’t even protect him from himself.