Same demographic here. Suuuuper traditional looking. Single earner for my family, wife is a stay at home mom and very involved with the elementary school, and my husky bearded self was outside all day building shit with power tools and tending to my animals.

And fuck all that judgey hateful angry negative bullshit.

Touch grass, he says? So tolerating the existence of blue-haired libruls is an internet recluse thing and getting out there in the real world will set you straight?

When is the last time you touched corn stalks? Pet a dog? Pet a dog-sized fish or turtle? Sprayed yourself with a hose to cool off? Stared at the clouds? Gazed at the stars? Played with a child or an animal? Cared for others?

It’s funny, you know. I remember a time when I would have answered like you. But the more stuff I learn, the more people I meet, and the more I listen to voices on the left & right while observing their actions, the more the blue-haired trans lesbians seem like me and the more voices like yours (including decades of experience with the trumpy parts of my extended family) are not just off-putting but kinda disappointing and sad.