{"id":2082,"date":"2011-01-23T19:53:23","date_gmt":"2011-01-24T03:53:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2082"},"modified":"2011-01-24T05:32:18","modified_gmt":"2011-01-24T13:32:18","slug":"an-open-letter-to-talkers-and-writers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2011\/an-open-letter-to-talkers-and-writers\/","title":{"rendered":"An Open Letter to Talkers and Writers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>To quote from <a href='http:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2011\/01\/13\/open-letter-parents-following-tragedy-tucson'>a letter to me<\/a> posted on January 13, 2011 at 06:07 PM EST:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>We can teach them the value of tolerance \u2013 the practice of assuming the best, rather than the worst, about those around us.  We can teach them to give others the benefit of the doubt, particularly those with whom they disagree.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>That sounds like <a href=\"http:\/\/niv.scripturetext.com\/1_corinthians\/13-4.htm\">charity<\/a> to me.<\/p>\n<p>Are charity and tolerance synonymous, if not similar?<\/p>\n<p>No. Way.<\/p>\n<p>Nevertheless, I think the above statements present a standard which most folks calling for tolerance&#8230;.<\/p>\n<p>Oh, never mind. I think that paragraph may have been headed for <b>not<\/b> giving others the benefit of the doubt nor assuming the best about others.<\/p>\n<p>Besides, it was teetering precariously on the edge of offering itself to political interpretation.<\/p>\n<p>Can&#8217;t have that.<\/p>\n<p>PS: I forgot to say: Talkers and writers, beware what you say and write. It creates a handy means by which to measure your life.<\/p>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To quote from a letter to me posted on January 13, 2011 at 06:07 PM EST: We can teach them the value of tolerance \u2013 the practice of assuming the best, rather than the worst, about those around us. We can teach them to give others the benefit of the doubt, particularly those with whom &#8230; <a title=\"An Open Letter to Talkers and Writers\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2011\/an-open-letter-to-talkers-and-writers\/\" aria-label=\"More on An Open Letter to Talkers and Writers\">Read more<\/a><!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on get_the_excerpt --><\/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,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[389,12],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-children","category-lessons-for-living"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/prJUJ-xA","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2082\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}