{"id":750,"date":"2015-07-27T18:48:47","date_gmt":"2015-07-27T23:48:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=750"},"modified":"2017-01-31T08:22:53","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T13:22:53","slug":"i-hate-that-the-world-has-changed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=750","title":{"rendered":"“I hate that the world has changed”"},"content":{"rendered":"

(cross-posted from FB)<\/p>\n

Many of the complaints I see from the conservative side of social media seem to boil down to “I hate that the world doesn’t look like it did when I was a kid.”<\/p>\n

For the most part, the good old days were not so good for most people. We’ve lost good things, I won’t deny, but some things are better, and equal rights for more people are on my list of those better things. I’m not asking anyone to agree, but I’m probably not going to spend much time talking with\u00a0you if you disagree.<\/p>\n

Peace.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

(cross-posted from FB) Many of the complaints I see from the conservative side of social media seem to boil down to “I hate that the world doesn’t look like it did when I was a kid.” For the most part, the good old days were not so good for most people. We’ve lost good things, … Continue reading ““I hate that the world has changed””<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"aside","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":true,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[46],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-750","post","type-post","status-publish","format-aside","hentry","category-social-commentary","post_format-post-format-aside"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pgY3e-c6","jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":1206,"url":"https:\/\/madstone.net\/?p=1206","url_meta":{"origin":750,"position":0},"title":"How do you handle yourself mentally knowing you will gain weight during the holidays?","author":"Jorah","date":"December 14, 2018","format":false,"excerpt":"If you\u2019re really upset at temporarily gaining a few pounds, just remember that your weight is not an ethical issue. 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