Man up / Man Down IX. Interlude III - A Life Just Like Their Fathers'

“I will work my ass off at a job that I hate

for a boss that I hate,

who’s an idiot,

but I will work hard,

I will pay my taxes.

And in return for that,

like my daddy before me and my grandfather before him, I will be able to support a family by myself,

and I will be able to buy a house by myself.”

So this is the bargain they feel like they wanted, and it’s gone;

they can’t do it.

And they feel like they’ve been betrayed.

And now they have to talk about gender-neutral bathrooms? And now they have to talk about same-sex marriage?

Their heads are exploding.

It’s not that they’re against these reforms;

they’re completely bewildered.

They don’t know what to do

I think we do ourselves a great disservice

if we don’t pay attention,

not to the opposition

but to the anguish that comes

from being so bewildered by the extent and the rapidity of this change. If we don’t pay attention to that,

we will lose them.