{"id":31553,"date":"2012-12-01T02:07:22","date_gmt":"2012-12-01T09:07:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/01\/exit-the-heroes.html"},"modified":"2012-12-01T02:07:22","modified_gmt":"2012-12-01T09:07:22","slug":"exit-the-heroes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/01\/exit-the-heroes.html","title":{"rendered":"Exit the Heroes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The last night of <i>City of Heroes,<\/i> and what we did there.<\/p>\n<p><i>\u201cKeep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don\u2019t you forget to have fun doin\u2019 it. Lord, let your laughter ring forth. Be outrageous, ridicule the fraidy-cat, rejoice in all the oddities that freedom can produce. And when you get through kickin\u2019 ass and celebratin\u2019 the sheer joy of a good fight, be sure to tell those who come after how much fun it was.\u201d<\/i><\/p>\n<p>\u2013 Molly Ivins (1944-2007), \u201cThe Fun\u2019s in the Fight,\u201d Mother Jones (May\/Jun 1993)<\/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=https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/wp\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/12\/psi-clone-and-amorpha-the-last-adventure-285x300.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='https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/heroes\/2012\/12\/exit-the-heroes.html'>Exit the Heroes | Blog of Heroes<\/a><br \/>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tI haven&#8217;t played City of Heroes since the announcement it was going down. 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And when you get through kickin\u2019 ass &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2012\/12\/01\/exit-the-heroes.html\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Exit the Heroes&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_seopress_titles_title":"","_seopress_titles_desc":"","_seopress_robots_index":"","_seopress_robots_follow":"","_seopress_robots_imageindex":"","_seopress_robots_snippet":"","_seopress_robots_primary_cat":"","_seopress_robots_breadcrumbs":"","_seopress_robots_freeze_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_custom_modified_date":"","_seopress_robots_canonical":"","_seopress_social_fb_title":"","_seopress_social_fb_desc":"","_seopress_social_fb_img":"","_seopress_social_fb_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_fb_img_height":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_title":"","_seopress_social_twitter_desc":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img":"","_seopress_social_twitter_img_attachment_id":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_width":0,"_seopress_social_twitter_img_height":0,"_seopress_redirections_value":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled":"","_seopress_redirections_enabled_regex":"","_seopress_redirections_logged_status":"","_seopress_redirections_param":"","_seopress_redirections_type":0,"_seopress_analysis_target_kw":"","_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","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[106],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-31553","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-plusposts"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":132018,"url":"https:\/\/hill-kleerup.org\/blog\/2016\/11\/13\/a-thought-from-the-inimitable-molly-ivins.html","url_meta":{"origin":31553,"position":0},"title":"A thought from the inimitable Molly Ivins","author":"***Dave","date":"Sun 13-Nov-16 2:58pm","format":false,"excerpt":"\"Keep fighting for freedom and justice, beloveds, but don\u2019t you forget to have fun doin\u2019 it. 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