{"id":31391,"date":"2012-11-16T16:17:52","date_gmt":"2012-11-16T23:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/16\/the-mean-season.html"},"modified":"2012-11-16T16:17:52","modified_gmt":"2012-11-16T23:17:52","slug":"the-mean-season","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/11\/16\/the-mean-season.html","title":{"rendered":"The Mean Season"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Is it my imagination, or has this post-election period been a hell of a lot more bitter than anyone other one in recent history? \u00a0Not in &quot;boo-hoo, I&#39;m so sad&quot; or &quot;Gee, I wish I could actually move to Canada like I promisd I would if the bad guys won&quot; or even &quot;This country has turned from God and His wrath will be mighty wrathful&quot; sorts of ways, but more in the &quot;I&#39;m so pissed off over the guy I didn&#39;t like winning that I&#39;m going to take it out on his supporters any way I can&quot; sort of manner.<\/p>\n<p>I really don&#39;t recall this level of <i>acting out<\/i> on vitriol after Obama&#39;s first win, or either of the Bush wins, or the Clinton wins.<\/p>\n<p style='clear:both;'>\n<p style='margin-bottom:5px;'><strong>Embedded Link<\/strong><\/p>\n<div style='height:120px;width:120px;overflow:hidden;float:left;margin-top:0px;padding-top:0px;margin-right:10px;vertical-align:top;text-align:center;clear:both;'>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img style='max-width:none;' src='https:\/\/images2-focus-opensocial.googleusercontent.com\/gadgets\/proxy?url=http:\/\/talkingpointsmemo.com\/images\/Gun-Clip-Bullets.jpg&#038;container=focus&#038;gadget=a&#038;rewriteMime=image\/*&#038;refresh=31536000&#038;resize_h=150&#038;resize_w=150&#038;no_expand=1' border='0' \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n<p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<a href='http:\/\/livewire.talkingpointsmemo.com\/entry\/arizona-gun-store-no-obama-voters-allowed'>Arizona Gun Store: No Obama Voters Allowed<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tA gun shop in Arizona has a clear message to would-be customers who happened to vote for President Barack Obama: take your business elsewhere. 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