{"id":182447,"date":"2026-05-15T14:33:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-15T18:33:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=182447"},"modified":"2026-05-12T18:21:11","modified_gmt":"2026-05-12T22:21:11","slug":"weekend-open-thread-599","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/?p=182447","title":{"rendered":"Weekend Open Thread"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Democrat-voter-as-NPC.jpeg?ssl=1\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-182448\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Democrat-voter-as-NPC.jpeg?resize=233%2C300&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" width=\"233\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Democrat-voter-as-NPC.jpeg?resize=233%2C300&amp;ssl=1 233w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Democrat-voter-as-NPC.jpeg?resize=259%2C333&amp;ssl=1 259w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Democrat-voter-as-NPC.jpeg?resize=768%2C988&amp;ssl=1 768w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/Democrat-voter-as-NPC.jpeg?w=796&amp;ssl=1 796w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 233px) 100vw, 233px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Many among the left are frustrated that the right, especially &#8220;MAGA&#8221;, refuse to see the &#8220;reality&#8221; and &#8220;wisdom&#8221; that is so &#8220;obvious&#8221; to the former. Obvious things like equal outcomes, equity, multiple genders, etc., don&#8217;t seem to gain traction. The right&#8217;s refusal to abandon reality earns them unflattering labels. <span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>Enjoy your weekend!<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Many among the left are frustrated that the right, especially &#8220;MAGA&#8221;, refuse to see the &#8220;reality&#8221; and &#8220;wisdom&#8221; that is so &#8220;obvious&#8221; to the former. Obvious things like equal outcomes, equity, multiple genders, etc., don&#8217;t seem to gain traction. The right&#8217;s refusal to abandon reality earns them unflattering labels. Enjoy your weekend!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":661,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[221],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-182447","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-open-thread"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p4ozh1-LsH","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182447","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/661"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=182447"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/182447\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=182447"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=182447"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/valorguardians.com\/blog\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=182447"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}