I guess I can have a look at all of this again. Funny about how the book is fake. I took that claim at face value, especially because I saw an Amazon link to it. But okay, it probably is fake.
Regarding the VICE interview, I actually found it on my own, and didn't just see snippets of it from left-wing media trying to trash Peterson. I remember finding those comments to be off-putting when I heard them. Maybe that was a rare bad moment or case of misspeaking, and doesn't really represent how he feels.
Unfortunately I can't remember all of the details of what I saw of Peterson which bothered me, because I saw a lot of this during what was an attempt to distract myself from my own severe anxiety and depression issues. My brain has blocked out a lot of that period from last year, and I don't remember details well. (It's probably better that way.)
I am aware that the left wants to attack him, just as they've attempted lame attacks on Ben Shapiro, Steven Crowder, and other prominent right wing YouTube figures. I don't want to join the left wing lynch mob regarding stuff like this, but I also don't want to be blind to the faults of some of these guys whom the right puts on a pedestal.
Even Crowder, my favorite YouTube personality by a wide margin, strikes me as a guy who is probably an asshole in real life, and difficult to work with. Certain stories I've heard would seem to support this. I still love his show, though.