{"id":2545,"date":"2012-10-13T08:37:07","date_gmt":"2012-10-13T15:37:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/?p=2545"},"modified":"2012-10-13T08:37:07","modified_gmt":"2012-10-13T15:37:07","slug":"blinders-politics-and-ideology","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.eaf.net\/mvp\/2012\/blinders-politics-and-ideology\/","title":{"rendered":"Blinders: Politics and Ideology"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I saw them on my Facebook Newsfeed this morning. Again. \ud83d\ude44<\/p>\n<p>My early morning mission <a href=\"http:\/\/www.facebook.com\/markroth.writer\/\" title=\"Mark Roth, Writer | a Facebook Page\">there<\/a> was to promote the Sunday School commentaries I had just posted elsewhere online:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"margin-top:-1.3em\">\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\/books\/faith-works\/panting\/stephens-martyrdom\/\" title=\"Stephen's Martyrdom | Panting\">Stephen&#8217;s Martyrdom<\/a><\/li>\n<li><a href=\"http:\/\/www.anabaptists.org\/books\/faith-works\/panting\/suffering-for-christs-sake\/\" title=\"Suffering for Christ's Sake | Faith Works, Book 1\">Suffering for Christ&#8217;s Sake<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>And there was the blinding evidence of blinders again. Or something like that. <!--more--><\/p>\n<p>So I posted about it on my Facebook Wall. Then I went to GooPlus and posted about it there, after (or maybe before) <a href=\"https:\/\/plus.google.com\/u\/0\/b\/117939916778954686618\/117939916778954686618\/posts\" title=\"Mark Roth, Writer | a Google+ Page\">promoting my writing there<\/a> as well.<\/p>\n<p>Naturally, I used Twitter also:<\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">If I went by what my Facebook friends are posting about the Biden-Ryan &quot;debate&quot; the other night, I&#39;d be mighty confused.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/257133369077411840?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">About my Facebook friends and the Ryan-Biden debate the other night: SOMEBODY has got to be wrong and\/or spun, folks!<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/257133695348117505?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet tw-align-center\" data- data-dnt=\"true\">\n<p lang=\"en\" dir=\"ltr\">About my wrong and\/or spun Facebook friends&#39; takes on the VP debate &#8212; Oh well. Politics and ideology: blinders both.<\/p>\n<p>&mdash; Mark Roth (@anabaptist) <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/anabaptist\/status\/257134091948937216?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">October 13, 2012<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n<blockquote><p>If I went by what my Facebook friends are posting about the Biden-Ryan &#8220;debate&#8221; the other night, I&#8217;d be mighty confused. SOMEBODY has got to be wrong and\/or spun, folks! Oh well. Politics and ideology: blinders both.<\/p>\n<p class=\"alignrightsmall\">Mark Roth on Facebook<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>Was I talking about you? Hmmmm! \ud83d\ude00<\/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>I saw them on my Facebook Newsfeed this morning. Again. \ud83d\ude44 My early morning mission there was to promote the Sunday School commentaries I had just posted elsewhere online: Stephen&#8217;s Martyrdom Suffering for Christ&#8217;s Sake And there was the blinding evidence of blinders again. 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