{"id":515,"date":"2009-07-12T21:55:38","date_gmt":"2009-07-12T21:55:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=515"},"modified":"2009-07-12T21:55:38","modified_gmt":"2009-07-12T21:55:38","slug":"yes_yes_everyone_is_entitled_t","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=515","title":{"rendered":"Yes, yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion&#8230;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\n&#8230;but nowhere does it say that it has to be taken seriously.  If X is claiming that the earth is flat, the headline is not &#8220;Opinions On Shape Of Earth Differ,&#8221; the headline should rightly be &#8220;X Is Fucking Retarded&#8221;.\n<\/p>\n<p>\nConsequently, if a Senator claims that his conversation with another Senator is privileged under &#8220;doctor\/patient confidentiality,&#8221; both Senators are male, and the doctor Senator in question is an OB\/GYN, the correct headline is not &#8220;<a href=\"http:\/\/www.rollcall.com\/news\/36626-1.html\">Coburn Claims Constitutional Shield on Advice to Ensign<\/a>,&#8221; but rather &#8220;Coburn Is Stupid As A Bag Of Snot.&#8221;\n<\/p>\n<p>\nAt what point can we just start saying that if you&#8217;re an utter fucking moron, you&#8217;re not allowed to play anymore?  I realize this would basically shut down NBC completely, but you can&#8217;t make an omelette&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&#8230;but nowhere does it say that it has to be taken seriously. If X is claiming that the earth is flat, the headline is not &#8220;Opinions On Shape Of Earth Differ,&#8221; the headline should rightly be &#8220;X Is Fucking Retarded&#8221;. Consequently, if a Senator claims that his conversation with another Senator is privileged under &#8220;doctor\/patient &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/?p=515\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Yes, yes, everyone is entitled to their opinion&#8230;&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=515"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/515\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=515"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=515"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iwasmisinformed.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=515"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}