{"id":3882,"date":"2022-11-04T08:30:09","date_gmt":"2022-11-04T12:30:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3882"},"modified":"2022-11-04T08:30:09","modified_gmt":"2022-11-04T12:30:09","slug":"you-know-whatd-be-really-nice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/?p=3882","title":{"rendered":"You Know What&#8217;d Be Really Nice?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><a href=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JPA367.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"560\" height=\"423\" src=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JPA367.jpg\" alt=\"You Know What'd Be Really Nice?\" class=\"wp-image-3883\" srcset=\"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JPA367.jpg 560w, http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/JPA367-300x227.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 560px) 100vw, 560px\" \/><\/a><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>I like the idea of electing leaders who see the value of good governance, but I&#8217;m more afraid of those willing (even enthused) about burning the whole house down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like the idea of passing laws that ensure all people (especially women) have access to affordable, high-quality health care, but I&#8217;m more afraid of the zealots and ideologues intent on doing or saying anything to prevent that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like the idea of making voting as accessible as possible, but I&#8217;m more afraid of how dedicated supporters of the Big Lie are continuously attempting to undermine that.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like the idea of candidates capable of being open-minded and admitting mistakes, but I&#8217;m more afraid of those who will always put party and self-interest first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>I like the idea of supporting democracy, but I&#8217;m more afraid of how it can be whittled away and replaced by authoritarianism.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I like the idea of electing leaders who see the value of good governance, but I&#8217;m more afraid of those willing (even enthused) about burning the whole house down. I like the idea of passing laws that ensure all people (especially women) have access to affordable, high-quality health care, but I&#8217;m more afraid of the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3882","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3882"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3884,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3882\/revisions\/3884"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3882"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3882"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/auchtoon.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3882"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}