Manologue #15: Grief of a Broken Code

This episode is about a different kind of grief—the kind that lingers when something you believe in gets betrayed. I was raised on the Western Code: protect women, judge a person by their work, and give no mercy to horse thieves. It wasn’t an idea. It was a lineage that started in the grit and dust of the Old West and was lived by every generation - until the last 10 years.

Now, I see men who once embodied that code looking the other way, making excuses for a man who assaults women, flaunts his ill-gotten wealth, shits on the military, and dismantles democracy. A man who, in the Code of the West, would’ve been run out or worse.

This isn’t just about politics—it’s about the loss of honor, the erosion of trust, and the heart ache of seeing people trade integrity for excuses. Some betrayals you can’t come back from.