The left has been so successful with subversion that if someone says "1 + 1 = 2", they stand out to the right as having uncommon courage and common-sense.
In this Marxist atmosphere, a liberal like Jordan Peterson, who acknowledged that '40 different genders is ridiculous' and that 'the sky is blue', was heralded as a genius by many on the right, as well as condemned by the left as being a far-right extremist.