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Ryerson University cancelled an August “free speech on campus” event after social media warriors threatened violent disruption, Peterson said at the time. The event was rescheduled for Saturday.

Peterson’s dim view of political correctness — and especially genderless pronouns — has made him a rock star of the free speech movement.

A.J. Ottaway — wearing a Donald Trump t-shirt and MAGA hat — told the Toronto Sun he was attending in defence of free speech.

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“It’s not just on campus,” the 28-year-old said. “Now, the government is coming after free speech. I want to be involved now before [stifling speech] is too much of a problem.”

Ottaway believes that campus tongue troopers are beginning to lose steam.

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“People are seeing how hateful a lot of them are, I mean gay conservatives not being accepted for Pride?”

McMaster University student Andrew Leber, 19, said he is looking for a different perspective.

“We get one perspective in the classroom and I’m interested in what the other side has to say,” Leber said, adding that he’s concerned about the threat to “academic freedom and freedom of speech.”

bhunter@postmedia.com