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<\/p>\nAnd life accelerates, I\u2019ve decided to turn off the political blogging for a season.\u00a0\u00a0I came to Patheos in the middle\u00a0of the strangest political campaign in my lifetime.<\/p>\n
By the time I was up and running, Trump had ceased to be the press\u2019s reality show host darling and had become its target. \u00a0The bias was undeniable. \u00a0Some even argued that Trump necessitated a post-objective media.<\/p>\n
Because of that, and some of the resulting blind spots, especially from progressive believers, I felt the need to hammer on some obvious points: both sides have their extremes, there are problems with the Democratic ticket from a Faith perspective, the Left as much as anyone owns this mess, and a free press is essential for a free society, but a propaganda ministry (even self-appointed) is not.<\/p>\n
As a result, I\u2019ve veered from social observations that I focused on over the years. \u00a0Not that I never mentioned politics. \u00a0I often did. \u00a0But as often as not I would note social developments, culture, how religion fits in this changing world, and just your average, pointless reflections or meditations that mean nothing to anyone but me. \u00a0I miss that.<\/p>\n
As some of my long term readers will attest, I was against Trump from the beginning and have had my fair share of posts criticizing Capitalism run amok and other foibles to the right of center.\u00a0But given the whirlwind of crazy (from both sides, ahem), over the last weeks and months, I\u2019ve gotten away from that.<\/p>\n
So come Lent, I\u2019ll be setting aside the politics. \u00a0Oh, if I see something impact the faithful that is problematic (or promising) that happens to play off of political topic, that\u2019s OK. \u00a0But I\u2019ll avoid Trump vs. Democrats and all things Politics as the end all. \u00a0Naturally anything that directly impacts the faith is fair game, even if it\u2019s connected to politics. \u00a0I\u2019ll just try to avoid slipping into the politics as beginning and end since, when all is said and done, the Faith should be above it all.<\/p>\n
Also, since the goal of Lent isn\u2019t to cram yourself full of what you\u2019re expecting to give up (sorry, Mardi Gras isn\u2019t an official holy day), I won\u2019t be cramming the next week filled with all things political.<\/p>\n
Besides, in addition to the Faith, culture, society and the general trials and tribulations of life, I have the completely miscellaneous and the fun to keep me busy. For instance, my boys dug this out of mothball to have a go:<\/p>\n
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As an avid strategy game enthusiast, I couldn\u2019t resist a stroll back through memory lane and a darn interesting and fun pastime where enjoyment and fealty to historical accuracy were the goals of the game. \u00a0Especially since it fits in with their current studies of the 18th and 19th Century.<\/p>\n
So there you have it. \u00a0 Daffey Thoughts for the foreseeable future.<\/p>\n<\/body><\/html>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
And life accelerates, I\u2019ve decided to turn off the political blogging for a season.\u00a0\u00a0I came to Patheos in the middle\u00a0of the strangest political campaign in my lifetime. By the time I was up and running, Trump had ceased to be the press\u2019s reality show host darling and had become its target. \u00a0The bias was undeniable. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2805,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[69,14,35],"tags":[76,5],"class_list":["post-8730","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogging","category-musings","category-the-family","tag-faith","tag-the-family"],"yoast_head":"\n