But I digress. \u00a0Mr. Akin lays out a pretty solid explanation for what went wrong, what could be said, and better ways to say it. \u00a0He also mentions Todd Akin, though Akin\u2019s statements were far worse, and the\u00a0ignorance\u00a0gave more than enough justifiable ammo to pro-choice advocates.\u00a0<\/div>\n
Still, the saddest part? \u00a0For all our back patting, we really are not in some enlightened time. \u00a0Perhaps we\u00a0were\u00a0\u00a0but\u00a0we aren\u2019t now. \u00a0Time and again we see people suggest that really complex and really deep and really profound topics ought not be discussed in this or that arena of public discourse because people just don\u2019t bother taking the time to understand. \u00a0People just rush, judge, condemn or support, and then back to the latest iPhone. \u00a0Forgive me for feeling\u00a0embarrassed\u00a0 but I can\u2019t help but feel\u00a0embarrassed\u00a0 \u00a0At least people in ancient times had certain excuses.<\/div>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Jimmy Akin suggests he should have said a whole lot less than he did. \u00a0The sad thing is, Mr. Akin has a point. \u00a0But not just in the\u00a0political\u00a0arena. \u00a0In our iPod\/app generation, people are not even going to bother to think what is said. \u00a0They will hit search, look for keywords, and pounce based on […]<\/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-2355","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n
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