This guy poisoned one of my son’s mind for a few years and it was miserable. My son’s father is a former college football player, farmer, who is also a church elder. Our whole church is full of men like him. The problem wasn’t a lack of strong male role models. The problem was Tate convinced him they were all weak for working hard “in the matrix.” It was about easy money and power, and so much ego, and some strange victim mentality. It wasn’t about weak men. 

It was about glorifying sin and lies from the devil. 

But yeah, people like to blame the weak…in church. The place where the weak should find some sanctuary and grace. God did not leave my son, and I’m so crazy proud of the man he’s has become. But yeah. I have no tolerance for people who say “well the thing about Tate is, he provides a strong male role model.” No. He provides lies and ego. I’ve seen strong men, and he ain’t it.