By bash, do you mean legitimate criticism or simple pejorative? I ask because my family is quite conservative, but we don't do ad homs.

We are not fond of popular politicians, generally.

Well, the question was how much bashing took place.

I think the thrust of Matt's argument was the cost of the lawsuit. He was not convinced that the defamation (if it was defamation) cost him 1.5 million in some sort of damage.

Ha. But I don't think that would change the argument.

That's a defensible argument.

If it's as @Shadows said, then it seems likely that continuing to refer to him as a nazi will propogate to the student body. And I can't say I'm confident that student bodies do a good job of being critical of claims.

Only speculating.

This is how it starts

For defamation? Conceivably that could be a good argument. But again, Matt was not convinced that the position of the school actually cost Peterson that much money.

It could* cost someone money. But it would be nice to know if it did cost him money and if it did cost him the amount demanded.

Do you think the suit documents are publicly available?

I'm aware that in the U.S., public suits are readily available. I'm not sure about civil suits, though.

When it gets a large enough contingent of public servants at the same time. I think it is unlikely

Seems legit

On the off chance that they're wonderful socially, but happen to be poor candidates...

Well...maybe I shouldn't dream up purely hypothetical circumstances.