After the notorious television host’s comments about Fatherhood, Dads on Twitter (and all over the world) responded.
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I’m not exactly sure where to even start with this one. I’ll just come right out and say it. Piers Morgan should just stop talking. No, really. He apparently believes he speaks for all dads. Oh, I’m sorry, just “most” dads. Ehhh! Wrong! This morning, the former CNN host–and all-around blow-hard–dropped this little ditty on Twitter–after saying stupid, offensive, possibly sexist stuff on “Morning Joe” on MSNBC.
I was alerted to this tweet By Josh Levs, author of All In – How Our Work-First Culture Fails Dad, Families, and Businesses-And How We can Fix It Together. Levs responded with some tweets of his own.
Do you think Morgan was finished there? Oh, no, my friends. He continued to antagonize and shout down those of use who completely disagreed with him. Also known as modern parents.
What happened while all of his idiotic and 1950s-era tweets were flying was that fathers everywhere were letting him know that he was, in fact, wrong. Both of us (Nick and Ben) did not have paternity leave available to us when Maddie and Emma were born. So, Ben had to use vacation time and unpaid time off to stay home with his newborn baby girl. I, also used vacation time and telecommuted briefly when Maddie was born.
When Sophia was born, I had just lost a job, so I stayed home with her for six months. And it was amazing. Don’t try to tell me that every dad having the opportunity to stay home for a month, maybe two, with their newborn babies isn’t good for them, for the baby, for their partner, and for their life. It’s how it should be and it’s a damn shame that we have to fight to have anypaternity leave time.
We didn’t let Levs have all the fun with Piers Morgan. Nope, I was busy throwing tweets back at that smug excuse for a journalist.
And my personal favorite:
We weren’t the only people taking Piers Morgan to task for his out-of-date, and out-of-touch views. Many a dad hopped on the train and told him how wrong he was. It’s views like his, and his insistence that he is right, that are a serious problem in this country. He’s not right, and he needs to hear it, learn it, and understand that their is a new breed of fathers in this country–hell bent on turning around the stereotypes of the idiot dad and the dad that just works and yells at their kids.
So, Piers, instead of shouting us down for calling you out–and for forcing one of your co-hosts to roll off the set–maybe you should listen and learn. That way, we can all move forward.
By Nick Browne
Originally posted on Poppin’ Bottles Dad-Cast
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Photo: Flickr/Pete Riches
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