{"id":56682,"date":"2024-03-06T01:18:05","date_gmt":"2024-03-06T01:18:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=56682"},"modified":"2024-03-06T01:18:05","modified_gmt":"2024-03-06T01:18:05","slug":"like-minds-make-good-friends","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=56682","title":{"rendered":"Like minds make good friends"},"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>It never used to be like this &#8230; but the here and now suggests a new level of compatibility is required for Americans to make friends.<\/p>\n<p>One such friend of mine is an admitted political junkie. She loves the political process and she is well-versed on political trends and those who set them.<\/p>\n<p>We are of like minds politically. Which means that she can tell me what&#8217;s in her heart and on her facile mind. I won&#8217;t bristle.<\/p>\n<p>It turns out that political compatibility measures up to things such as, oh, what kind of movies you like, the type of food you can eat, and your taste in music.<\/p>\n<p>It wasn&#8217;t always like this. I have maintained many friendships over many decades with people who have supported politicians who were the polar opposite of the individuals I formerly admired.<\/p>\n<p>These days, if you say &#8220;polar opposite&#8221; to people such as me, then you back a pol who disavows democracy and adheres to authoritarianism. That&#8217;s a deal-breaker in my book.<\/p>\n<p>Do we take our politics more seriously than before? Umm, not really. I do take the hideous point of view being espoused by those on the opposite side of the field more seriously.<\/p>\n<p>It&#8217;s not enough to consider tax policy, or even gun policy to drive me far from those with whom I differ on those issues. How should I think of someone who embraces someone who is unfit for public office? That makes it a whole new game for me.<\/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>It never used to be like this &#8230; but the here and now suggests a new level of compatibility is required for Americans to make friends. One such friend of mine is an admitted political junkie. She loves the political process and she is well-versed on political trends and those who set them. We are &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/?p=56682\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Like minds make good friends<\/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":[9,13,14],"tags":[7419,3655],"class_list":["post-56682","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-local-news","category-national-news","category-political-news","tag-maga","tag-politics"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682","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=56682"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":56683,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/56682\/revisions\/56683"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=56682"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=56682"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/highplainsblogger.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=56682"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}