{"id":48222,"date":"2021-06-07T03:07:23","date_gmt":"2021-06-07T03:07:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=48222"},"modified":"2021-06-07T03:08:37","modified_gmt":"2021-06-07T03:08:37","slug":"more-critics-please","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=48222","title":{"rendered":"More critics, please"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n<p><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogging_tips.png\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-23623\" src=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogging_tips-300x199.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"199\" srcset=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogging_tips-300x199.png 300w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogging_tips-768x510.png 768w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogging_tips-1024x680.png 1024w, https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/08\/blogging_tips.png 1600w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By John Kanelis<\/strong> \/ <a href=\"mailto:johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com\">johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com<\/a><\/p>\n<p>I don\u2019t get nearly enough feedback from critics of this blog.<\/p>\n<p>Yes, I enjoy the affirmation I get from those happen to agree with the points of view High Plains Blogger expresses. I don\u2019t want that to end.<\/p>\n<p>However, I do want more critics to see these blog posts, to share them with their friends and associates in social media land, and to respond to me with constructive criticism.<\/p>\n<p>One such critic lauded me for the way I express myself but then said it would be \u201cboring\u201d to hear only from those who agree with me. He is right. Indeed, I once commented on that very subject back when I was writing columns and editorials for the Amarillo Globe-News.<\/p>\n<p>My comment, as I recall it, came in response from a reader in Perryton who chided me for my \u201cliberal\u201d views. I responded in a column that I sought to offer a dissenting view to the readers of the solidly Republican Texas Panhandle. I reminded this fellow that it, indeed, would be boring to receive only affirming comments.<\/p>\n<p>I continue to enjoy writing this blog. It gives me energy. It keeps me engaged in some of the things that required me to stay alert, given that I once got paid to comment on issues of the day. These days I do all this commentary on my own. It\u2019s a labor of love \u2026 you know?<\/p>\n<p>My social media acquaintance makes an excellent point, though, about those who comment on my musings\/spewage. He weighs in regularly. I appreciate his comments.<\/p>\n<p>I appreciate them so much I want more criticism \u2026 as long as it\u2019s constructive.<\/p>\n\n<div class=\"twitter-share\"><a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?via=jkanelis\" class=\"twitter-share-button\">Tweet<\/a><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By John Kanelis \/ johnkanelis_92@hotmail.com I don\u2019t get nearly enough feedback from critics of this blog. Yes, I enjoy the affirmation I get from those happen to agree with the points of view High Plains Blogger expresses. I don\u2019t want that to end. However, I do want more critics to see these blog posts, to &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=48222\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">More critics, please<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[9,10],"tags":[670,2122,4300],"class_list":["post-48222","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-media-news","tag-blogging","tag-high-plains-blogger","tag-social-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48222","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48222"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48222\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48224,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48222\/revisions\/48224"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48222"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48222"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48222"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}