If the writers had decided to have Madison/Maddox’s parents seek mental health treatment for their daughter’s gender dysphoria, we wouldn’t be seeing such a heartfelt moment. Every child should feel safe and loved like that in real life, no matter what.īut it’s cringey that it took a liberal teacher playing the role of hero standing up to ignorant, racist parents to get to this point. Lying opposite each other on a fallen tree at the end of the episode. It was heartwarming to later see father and daughter finally communicating while I think you both could use some more of that special time. She and I would look up at the clouds and forget about everything. Hence Rome’s 'wokesplaining.'Īs Rome and Clark rush to a spot in the woods Madison/Maddox likes to escape to when she’s troubled, Clark finally gives into “proper pronoun” pressure while Rome smiles at him proudly:Ĭlark: When Madison's little brother was born, just to get some special time, I No other views but their own will be tolerated. But in the minds of liberals, you can only do that by handling a situation as they see fit. In this moment, all your kid wants is for you to show that you will love him for whoever he is. You say with one look, Madison could convince you to give her anything. Maddox is the same child that you raised. He is smart. Now, you're the one who's hurting him the most. Rome: Clark, I know that you love your kid. Of course, the writers are preparing to have Clark learn from Rome’s leftist wisdom because every liberal story needs a liberal happy ending, amirite? And if we fail to see the light, then we’re just racist, homophobic, transphobic, etc. And now I just feel like I'm losing her.Ĭould it be more obvious where this is heading? We cluelessĬonservatives of the world would be so lost without people like Rome’s character to 'wokesplain' things to us so we can learn how to think, vote and act as they do. I just feel like I don't know my daughter anymore. When she was little, and the way she looked at me, just that look in her eye, she could convince me to give her anything. And I'm not trying to keep her from being who she is. If anything, it was the first place he felt safe enough to be who he really is, and this morning, you and yourĬlark: I love Madison. Rome: It's not about me! I'm talking about your child! My classroom didn't make Maddox trans. Rome: No, I came back to Sussex to protect other kids who might be a target like me! Ever since I left that place,Įvery restaurant I walk into, every job I apply for, in any situation where I'm the minority, I'm wondering if it will embolden someone enough to disrespect me in the way that you and that institution did. But what y'all did to me back then has stayed with me to this day.Ĭlark: Is that what this is? You came back to Sussex with a vendetta, and you're taking it out on our kids? You think that the little stunt you pulled at the water fountain was just an innocent prank. That's why I came back to Sussex, to look out for kids in the way that my teachers didn't look out for me when I was Mad- Your child came to me for help, and I was determined to make them feel safe. Madison wasn't talking about any of this stuff until you started teaching her. I'm just sorry the Ainsworths don't see it that way.Ĭlark: "His?" See, this is exactly what I'm talking about. You're doing exactly what I brought you here to do. The fact that you had to defend them to their parents is heartbreaking. Protect a child that couldn't protect themselves. I thought about it a lot, and all you did was I was only trying to help, and obviously, I just made things worse.ĭre: I'm not accepting this. Look, I know Maddox's parents blame me for him being trans. In this week’s episode, “Just in Case,” Rome hands in his resignation letter to avoid the loss of funds, but the dean refuses to accept it, claiming, “all you did was protect a child that couldn’t protect When we left off last week, Rome found out that Madison/Maddox’s parents had threatened to pull their funding from Sussex Prep if Rome wasn’t fired.
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