{"id":2333,"date":"2012-11-07T09:07:00","date_gmt":"2012-11-07T09:07:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/admin.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/11\/why-did-romney-lose-the-election.html"},"modified":"2012-11-07T09:07:00","modified_gmt":"2012-11-07T09:07:00","slug":"why-did-romney-lose-the-election","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.patheos.com\/blogs\/daffeythoughts\/2012\/11\/why-did-romney-lose-the-election.html","title":{"rendered":"Why did Romney lose the election?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<\/head>

Because this is no longer considered shocking:<\/p>\n

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I remember back in the day when this actually raised the ire of a few old timers. \u00a0Disrespectful it was. \u00a0Well, the same mentality that thought this was disrespectful is slowing going the way of the Dodo bird. \u00a0Those who still cling to it, or try to find something in it to preserve, are being steamrolled by a leaner, hipper, streamlined progressiveism. \u00a0There was a time when such a thing shocked, and so such things as Libya, or the HHS mandate, would have shocked as well. \u00a0But not anymore. \u00a0Today what shocks is the idea that a woman\u00a0shouldn\u2019t\u00a0be able to abort a baby, that maybe one \u00a0or another religion is more right than others, or that sexuality was something about procreation between two opposite sexes. \u00a0Put up a poster declaring any of those, and expect a real outcry.<\/p>\n

We have changed as a culture. \u00a0Almost everyone wants their little pound of liberal flesh, so much so, that those who want it all\u00a0represent\u00a0a unified front, and those who only want this or that part of the progressive\u00a0promise, make war with\u00a0one another. \u00a0No, a\u00a0movement\u00a0that tries to appeal to those who yearn\u00a0for the days\u00a0when\u00a0America would care about things like this poster, is a\u00a0movement\u00a0that simply has nowhere left to hang its hat. <\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Because this is no longer considered shocking: I remember back in the day when this actually raised the ire of a few old timers. \u00a0Disrespectful it was. \u00a0Well, the same mentality that thought this was disrespectful is slowing going the way of the Dodo bird. \u00a0Those who still cling to it, or try to find […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\nWhy did Romney lose the election?<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Because this is no longer considered shocking:I remember back in the day when this actually raised the ire of a few old timers.  Disrespectful it\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, 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