As far as I’m concerned, the definition of a man is a person who is willing to stand up and accept responsibility when he is wrong.
Republicans are the opposite of that.
When have you ever seen a conservative practice any form of accountability? The only thing I ever see coming out of the mouths of Republican politicians and Republican voters and Republican media is the claim that liberals are responsible for everything that’s wrong with our society.
The last time I looked, conservatives are in charge of the presidency, the Senate, the House, and the Supreme Court.
Also, everything in the United States is getting verifiably worse. Groceries are more expensive. Healthcare is completely unaffordable. The rent is too high. Inflation is up. Our basic Constitutional freedoms are being eroded. Everything is bad and Republicans are behind all the levers of control.
Is this really so hard to figure out?
Let’s focus on healthcare. Across the country, millions of people are seeing their already expensive premiums double or triple or quadruple. Meanwhile, the Republicans have not offered even the concept of a plan for how to fix this.
What’s stopping them? Again, let me remind you that they control the whole government. It’s on them!
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If they wanted to free the American people of the oppressive burden of excessive healthcare costs, they could write a bill and push it through the government over a weekend. They could eliminate our healthcare bills tomorrow. That’s how much power they have.
But they don’t.
They won’t.
They’ve grabbed all the power, and all they do is use their platform to bash liberals. Nothing ever gets any better when Republicans are in control.
The measure of a man is his ability to take responsibility and manage a crisis. Blaming the liberals isn’t being masculine. All that suggests is that the liberals are some kind of all-powerful force that conservatives are too weak to oppose.
Is that it conservatives? Are you quaking in terror before the indominable force of liberals? Are you making some sort of admission about your own fundamental impotence?
Or are you lying?
Can anyone recall a single time when the “president” has stood up and admitted he made a mistake? That’s what a man does. A man admits when he’s wrong, practices accountability, and makes amends.
Republicans don’t do that. All they do is blame liberals.
Apparently Republicans just believe they’re superior and they never make mistakes and they’re always right. Then why does the country tank so hard when they’re in power?
It seems to me that the only thing that Republican men are able to do is make a mess, and then claim that somebody else did it.
I challenge Republicans to prove that they are men. Own up to your error. Do it just once. Personally, I’ve never seen it, and I believe that’s proof of ideological cowardice.
This is why conservative men end up getting divorced, left behind, and they all have terrible relationships with their ex-wives and children.
It’s time to show a little respect for the people you claim to love. If you insist you’re right all the time, you’re going to end up alone and unwanted.
As for me, in my personal life, I chose the path of accountability a long time ago. Like anybody else, I went through a period in my youth where I was reckless, and behaved foolishly and selfishly. But there came a point in my life where I realized I was on the path to misery.
I had to choose if I was only going to care about myself, or if I was going to care for others. Was I going to waste my precious time on this Earth in self-serving acts, or was I going to try and be a part of something bigger?
I chose the path of accountability, and that made all the difference.
I think this is one of the main things that conservatives get wrong when it comes to ideas like marriage and the role of women in our society. Once again, conservatives only know how to blame others. They blame feminism when their relationships crumble instead of committing to accountability and learning how to be better partners.
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Republican men who demand that their wives give up all their own ambitions and turn themselves into servants in support of their husbands, are not thinking rationally. That’s not a sustainable ideology. You might be able to get away with it for a few years, but it’s going to breed resentment and hostility.
Accountability is the only thing that works.
I’ve seen hundreds of lonely conservative men who sit on barstools complaining that their ex-wives treated them “unfairly.” They’re 50 years old, they don’t have an asset to their name, they rent a single bedroom apartment, and they wonder why they can’t get a date.
Is it really so hard to see that a relationship based on intimidation and oppression is not that attractive? Unfortunately, this is why conservatives are more likely to become child predators. They target innocent kids who are vulnerable to the influence of toxic authority.
By rejecting accountability, conservatives deny themselves the chance at cultivating enduring relationships.
The only way to succeed in life is to reject the patriarchal model and embark on a marriage of equals. This enables you to gain a partner that holds you to a basic standard of morality. Anyone who aspires to absolute power only does so because they don’t want to be held accountable for their mistakes.
A lack of accountability is a declaration that somebody intends to be lawless.
It takes high character to get to the crossroads in life and say, I want to be held accountable for my actions. I want to be a better person and work for the benefit of all. To get there, I recognize I have to surrender power rather than hoard it.
Conservative men refuse to make that choice. They refuse to practice accountability because to them it feels like surrendering power.
But after 15 years, I can attest that the best option is to choose a marriage of equals. Holding yourself to a standard of accountability allows you to build something that’s greater than you could possibly imagine. You end up raising children who legitimately want to spend time with you, and who don’t visit just out of a sense of guilt or obligation.
You learn to appreciate the qualities of the people in your life, and you don’t view them in terms of what they can do for you. Then, you pay more attention to politics and you’re mindful of the proposals that would hurt the people you most care about.
You vote in the interests of others along with yourself.
Conservative men always take the easy path of denial and projection. All their problems are always “somebody else’s fault.” That might make them feel powerful in the moment, but in the long term it leaves them with nothing. We see this reflected in the disastrous state of our nation. We can look around at a society filled with men who do not practice accountability. They’ve gathered up wealth and power, but they’re miserable and unhealthy.
There are examples of men who have managed to weasel out of the debt they owe to society. They chortle as if they’ve achieved a grand victory. But what have they gained? What good is it to you to avoid accountability when you are universally hated for it?
Men who do not practice accountability are not loved, they are despised. They are stains on the pages of history. They can’t even go to a football game without getting booed.
Does that look like winning to you?
Why is everything in our country so terrible right now? Once again, Republicans are in charge. They have control over every part of our government.
Nothing is getting better. That’s because the only way to have progress is to practice accountability. You can’t just point the finger at somebody else every time something goes wrong. That steals your power.
The one thing you have the most control of in your life is yourself. It’s time for Republicans to stop blaming everyone else. They have the power to fix our flailing society. The first step is to change their belief set and start making amends for their own flawed nature.
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