Dr. Peterson's ban from Twitter was not known to me until the fracas began over Elon Musk's move to un-ban him. I am not a very active contributor or consumer on social media platforms, and I do not know the specifics of the original ban, but I am nonetheless dismayed that the ban happened. The reason for my astonishment is that Peterson's thoughts and opinions are based on principles and facts about life and culture that he articulates extraordinarily accurately and well. Although his conclusions, from all I have read of his work, tend to land in the conservative sphere of thinking, I have not detected anything overtly political, malicious, or defaming. I assume, therefore, that he was banned simply because of his conservative conclusions. In American, this is an anathema, and Musk is correct in reversing this travesty. I am horrified that large corporations such a Twitter have such power and dare to wield it.
