A little while later, perhaps after thinking about this for two seconds, he said:
The skeptical side of me suspects that he immediately started getting negative feedback about his tweet and therefore quickly tried to walk it back. But actually i'm not sure his follow up response was any better, other than admitting that it is a "very complex" situation.
I’m not certain that is the right move. It’s very complex. But he would have his name cleared, and a figure who might be less divisive might be put forward.
On second thought this might even be worse than his initial tweet. How exactly would it clear Kavanaugh's name? The left would spin it that he stepped down because of a guilty conscious. However they would spin it, they would certainly be dancing in the streets and view it as a great victory for the Democrats and as a confirmation that resorting to the dirtiest of dirty politics worked.
As for putting forth a less divisive figure, hell, when Kavanaugh was named he looked like the most mild-mannered and least divisive person that Trump could have chosen from his list. And Peterson thinks the left would suddenly learn civility before the next nominee rolls into town? That the process would be less divisive? Forgive me for laughing, but I have some serious doubts about that. My suspicion is that the left would feel that their tactics were vindicated and would try their best to make Mother Theresa look like Cruella de Vil if she were still alive and were nominated to replace Kavanaugh.
I’m not defending Dr. Peterson’s fuzzy thinking on this topic. But, although I’ve read him, listened to him, and like him, I’ve never thought he was infallible, or agreed with everything he says.
But even here, when he says something that, to me, is obviously wrong, he entertains different viewpoints and self-doubt.
Exactly. (another instance where we sorely need a like button)