A timely article that just had to be written, and I'm glad you did, instead of so many other pencil d!(ks that might have tried, but would have been too gutless or morally compromised to tell it straight and instead made it an apologia for the orchestrated societal dysfunctions that are described.
Another absurdity in this clown world: a prospective date who initially made enthusiastic overtures of interest, who then goes completely cold and breaks-off any further contact when she could not trace my social media profile, or an on-line presence of any description. Yeah, because with modern urban edginess invert values, discretion as the better part of valor is creepy, while being data-raped by deep state Silicon Valley cover operations like Facebook/Instagram, or TikTok is your assurance of decency, apparently.
(Edited, because I realised that the original opening statement could have been construed as an insinuation that another could have written the article as it is. This is wrong, and I didn't intend that, because only Anthony Colpo could have written an Anthony Colpo article - as forthright, principled, and uncompromising in disclosure and argument as he writes.)
If Juan Junior had attended a modern school of indoctrination and watched hours of typical TV and brain-free TicToc, he'd insist on pronouns "Furry" and "Whatever" and refuse to eat the anaconda because he's vegan...
But animals follow their instincts, and maybe that's where we went wrong.
I grew up in the '60s and '70s in the U.S., in a densely packed neighborhood of cookie cutter "twin" houses. The moms stayed at home, and the fathers were able to support their families with a modest blue collar job. Both our next door neighbor and the neighbor across the street raised a family of seven children in the same tiny three bedroom house where I grew up with just one brother.
That all changed in a relatively few years. Inflation made two incomes necessary for most, and the moms all went to work. I think the endless media campaign for "women's liberation", which in actuality for most women didn't mean liberation at all, just more work, was intended as a cover for the fact that Americans were fast losing purchasing power.
Absolutely. Few people seem to be questioning why years ago a family could thrive with only one breadwinner, but now it's not so much a choice but a necessity for both husband and wife to work. We don't question this because it's supposedly a shining example of the 'progress' made by feminism.
I was born in the 1970s in Canada and am glad that my mom could stay at home when I was young and not in school. She wanted to be at home but my dad was worried about money and wanted her to work. We had enough money, my dad just tended to fret about finances in the early years of his career. My mom was firm and told my dad that young children should have their mother at home. My dad later relaxed about money. When I was in elementary and high school my mom did volunteer work with my schools and worked on a PhD thesis. She had plenty of time to care for me and my sister before and after school. The degree was to satisfy herself - express her intellect and have a record of it - not for a career, which is unusual I know. I understand that what my mom did would not be possible for most people now with the need to earn a lot more to be able to support a family.
I so enjoyed your article. Hilarious and 100% SPOT ON! I have never in my life identified as a feminist. I have asked women that identify themselves as feminist exactly what that means? To this day I have never gotten a coherent answer. I grew up in a very masculine household and I see the positive and negative aspects of men and I see them in women too. It is mind boggling that so many people have bought into the "justified" annihilation of men. There's a reason why I have so many male friends. Men are much easier going, less judgmental and to be honest, often times, kinder than women. The "Clementines" of the world I think are a small minority that are propped up by bots and truly deranged women that have lost their way. Oh and by the way, the way that women put themselves together and comport themselves is an abomination. Frankly, if I were a man I would stay away from them for the simple reason they look and smell horrible. I notice this more among the gen Z group. No clue why they think looking homeless while driving a BMW is cool. Maybe you could opine on that one.
As a mother of 3 children, (one being a girl), this is very sad to read and makes me wonder why the family unit isn’t strong enough to combat these messages while raising kids. Motherhood used to be honored, and a woman who didn’t (or even couldn’t), have children, felt as if they had missed out in life. In a good family, the mothers were praised and appreciated for raising the children and taking care of the family. I do notice that these days, the more money parents have, the less time they want to spend with their children. They have nannies, camps, programs, and endless ways to not spend time with their kids and actually raise them. They also seem to buy them whatever they want so the kids like them. I’m sure that this plays in to raising these entitled, selfish young adults who think too highly of themselves.
Many of the mothers I interact with these days also seem to hate their husbands and reading this, I wonder if the daughters hear those messages while growing up. It would be hard to have respect for men when all you heard were negative things about your father who was your first male role model.
A timely article that just had to be written, and I'm glad you did, instead of so many other pencil d!(ks that might have tried, but would have been too gutless or morally compromised to tell it straight and instead made it an apologia for the orchestrated societal dysfunctions that are described.
Another absurdity in this clown world: a prospective date who initially made enthusiastic overtures of interest, who then goes completely cold and breaks-off any further contact when she could not trace my social media profile, or an on-line presence of any description. Yeah, because with modern urban edginess invert values, discretion as the better part of valor is creepy, while being data-raped by deep state Silicon Valley cover operations like Facebook/Instagram, or TikTok is your assurance of decency, apparently.
(Edited, because I realised that the original opening statement could have been construed as an insinuation that another could have written the article as it is. This is wrong, and I didn't intend that, because only Anthony Colpo could have written an Anthony Colpo article - as forthright, principled, and uncompromising in disclosure and argument as he writes.)
If Juan Junior had attended a modern school of indoctrination and watched hours of typical TV and brain-free TicToc, he'd insist on pronouns "Furry" and "Whatever" and refuse to eat the anaconda because he's vegan...
But animals follow their instincts, and maybe that's where we went wrong.
I grew up in the '60s and '70s in the U.S., in a densely packed neighborhood of cookie cutter "twin" houses. The moms stayed at home, and the fathers were able to support their families with a modest blue collar job. Both our next door neighbor and the neighbor across the street raised a family of seven children in the same tiny three bedroom house where I grew up with just one brother.
That all changed in a relatively few years. Inflation made two incomes necessary for most, and the moms all went to work. I think the endless media campaign for "women's liberation", which in actuality for most women didn't mean liberation at all, just more work, was intended as a cover for the fact that Americans were fast losing purchasing power.
Absolutely. Few people seem to be questioning why years ago a family could thrive with only one breadwinner, but now it's not so much a choice but a necessity for both husband and wife to work. We don't question this because it's supposedly a shining example of the 'progress' made by feminism.
I was born in the 1970s in Canada and am glad that my mom could stay at home when I was young and not in school. She wanted to be at home but my dad was worried about money and wanted her to work. We had enough money, my dad just tended to fret about finances in the early years of his career. My mom was firm and told my dad that young children should have their mother at home. My dad later relaxed about money. When I was in elementary and high school my mom did volunteer work with my schools and worked on a PhD thesis. She had plenty of time to care for me and my sister before and after school. The degree was to satisfy herself - express her intellect and have a record of it - not for a career, which is unusual I know. I understand that what my mom did would not be possible for most people now with the need to earn a lot more to be able to support a family.
I so enjoyed your article. Hilarious and 100% SPOT ON! I have never in my life identified as a feminist. I have asked women that identify themselves as feminist exactly what that means? To this day I have never gotten a coherent answer. I grew up in a very masculine household and I see the positive and negative aspects of men and I see them in women too. It is mind boggling that so many people have bought into the "justified" annihilation of men. There's a reason why I have so many male friends. Men are much easier going, less judgmental and to be honest, often times, kinder than women. The "Clementines" of the world I think are a small minority that are propped up by bots and truly deranged women that have lost their way. Oh and by the way, the way that women put themselves together and comport themselves is an abomination. Frankly, if I were a man I would stay away from them for the simple reason they look and smell horrible. I notice this more among the gen Z group. No clue why they think looking homeless while driving a BMW is cool. Maybe you could opine on that one.
As a mother of 3 children, (one being a girl), this is very sad to read and makes me wonder why the family unit isn’t strong enough to combat these messages while raising kids. Motherhood used to be honored, and a woman who didn’t (or even couldn’t), have children, felt as if they had missed out in life. In a good family, the mothers were praised and appreciated for raising the children and taking care of the family. I do notice that these days, the more money parents have, the less time they want to spend with their children. They have nannies, camps, programs, and endless ways to not spend time with their kids and actually raise them. They also seem to buy them whatever they want so the kids like them. I’m sure that this plays in to raising these entitled, selfish young adults who think too highly of themselves.
Many of the mothers I interact with these days also seem to hate their husbands and reading this, I wonder if the daughters hear those messages while growing up. It would be hard to have respect for men when all you heard were negative things about your father who was your first male role model.