Boys Don't Cry

The cynical hounding of Jordan Peterson

The man is sobbing like a child. He is pulled over in his truck, alone with the night and the crickets, on a VA suicide hotline. He rolls the window down as the officer approaches with a flashlight.

“What’s going on, boss?” the officer asks. “What’s going on?”

They have a brief conversation. The vet tells the policeman that he’s in the Army. He thinks he …