Unless, of course, you’re a Liberal. Just this past Sunday, some guy by the name of “Craig P’ posted this rant on Mike Rowe’s wall:

Your constant harping on “work ethic” is growing tiresome. Just because someone’s poor doesn’t mean they’re lazy. The unemployed want to work! And many of those who can’t find work today, didn’t have the benefit of growing up with parents like yours. How can you expect someone with no role model to qualify for one of your scholarships or sign your silly “Sweat Pledge?” Rather than accusing people of not having a work-ethic, why not drop the right-wing propaganda and help them develop one?

The “Dirty Jobs” and “Someone’s Got To Do It” host had an epic response for “Craig P.” to include:

“The biggest under-reported challenge in finding good help, (aside from the inability to ‘piss clean,’) is an overwhelming lack of ‘soft skills.’ That’s a polite way of saying that many applicants don’t tuck their shirts in, or pull their pants up, or look you in the eye, or say things like ‘please’ and ‘thank you.’ We’re churning out a generation of poorly educated people with no skill, no ambition, no guidance, and no realistic expectations of what it means to go to work.”

You can read the whole response here. Rowe has taken his expertise to advocate for the declining blue collar trades and the crumbling infrastructure surrounding them. He founded mikeroweWORKS.com–a website focused on providing resources to blue collar workers and insight to individuals who may be seeking career opportunities and employment on how to go about obtaining a trade. The website also provides trade school scholarships to those interested in pursuing a trade. In 2011, he launched Profoundly Disconnected, a campaign to create public awareness that a four-year degree is not the only path to success.

…Nor is defaulting on your student loans after getting said four-year degree…but hey, I digress.