Endangered Species

                We are teetering at the precipice of cultural change.  Actually, we are slowly slipping downhill and accelerating.  My wife told me the other day when we were cutting down a tree, “You never let me help with things where I might get hurt.”  My response was “I’m classically trained.  A man is supposed to protect his woman from danger.”  The change we are in the midst of is turning this mentality into an endangered species.  Men who behave like men are a dying breed.  Feminists, leftists and most of the other “ists” will say that is a good thing and spout some nonsense about misogyny, patriarchy or facism (even though very few of them actually know what real facism is).  They will applaud the death of the “rugged man” persona, who relishes manual labor and prides himself in adhering to traditional gender roles.  They will only be happy until everyone is either some amorphous gender chameleon or a fervent feminist extremist.  They will only be satisfied until everyone is beholden to their leftist ideology and submits to the whims of the State. 

                I hope the day doesn’t come where holding a traditional conservative worldview will land you behind bars.  However, I feel that day is right around the bend.  Conservative professors are tending their resignations due to backlash from being public about their conservative beliefs.  Any outcry against leftist indoctrination is met with screams of bigotry and racism.  People have lost their jobs for not supporting liberal ideas.  Riots have broken out at colleges because the children attending these indoctrination centers can’t bear to have someone speak about conservative views.  They riot because of WORDS.  They are oppressed because right wing words make them feel bad.  They are pitching temper tantrums and blocking interstates because they don’t feel that white people and cops appreciate black lives enough.  Whiny childish behavior is replacing masculine stoicism.  “Suck it up buttercup” is being replaced with “You don’t like the new President so why don’t you take the day off from COLLEGE.”

                We as real men need to ensure that we instill a sense of manliness into our sons.  Take them out to enjoy the smell of gunpowder in the air.  Teach them how to safely operate the tool known as a gun.  Four wheelers, tractors, bulldozers and backhoes; give them the thrill running petroleum powered machinery.  Teach them about nature and life by taking them hunting.  Taking a life to provide food is a hefty responsibility and one that is forgotten by continuous trips to the supermarket and fast food chains.  Encourage outdoor exploration and camping.  Lastly, teach them the art of being a gentleman.  Tell them about being a stalwart protector of women and respectful towards them in word and action.  Feminism and womens’ studies aren’t going to help end the sexual assaults and violence against women.  Fathers who teach their sons how to treat women like a REAL man should are.  The death of manliness and gentlemanly masculinity means the death of traditional chivalry and all the values associated with a traditional upbringing.

                I personally like opening the door for my wife and protecting her from danger.  But I’m just a classically trained dodo on the verge of extinction.