Kingdom of Waaaah

Real men don't cry, or so they say, and along with much else these days this puzzles the Blob. If real men don't cry, why are so many self-anointed Real Men reaching for a tissue lately?

The New York Times just published a story, not worth its newsprint, in which Real Men  complained about, well, everything. They can't say they voted for Trump without getting criticized! Can't express an opinion without "cancel culture" (i.e., someone disagreeing) trying to Cancel them! And why can't women just shut up and cook these days?

The latter of which, in so many words, Carolina Panthers quarterback Cam Newton said the other day. Teleporting in from, oh, 1955 or so, Cam said he likes women who can cook and keep their mouths shut. He might have added the barefoot-and-pregnant part, but he probably didn't think of that until later.

This immediately led to some well-deserved criticism, which almost as immediately led to some Real Men lamenting that "traditional male roles" are under attack -- it's always "under attack," with these folks -- and how manhood itself is in peril. Somewhere in all of that is Disney "grooming" innocent children with the Gay Woke Agenda, and the Scourge of CRT, and, I don't know, it's all so hard to follow these days. So much manufactured outrage, so little time.

But back to Real Men weeping.

The height of it, perhaps, was one Real Man saying Disney (and its subsidiary, ESPN) was "feminizing sports" and facilitating "the assassination of men." A perfectly rational take, of course. Not, you know, completely hysterical or anything.

All snide-ities aside, I suppose it is hard for Real Men to cope with life in modern times. Women talk about sports on ESPN now. and play them on TV, and occasionally even coach men. A Black woman just made the Supreme Court ("Racist!" some Real Men hollered, predictably). And women and minorities no longer dummy up when Real Men spout the bullstuff that once passed for conventional wisdom.

Heck. Even their Real Man avatar got his butt kicked in the last presidential election.

And then spent months crying about it, of course, and illegally scheming to reverse it.

Tough days out here in the Kingdom of Waaah. Tough old days.