{"id":6373,"date":"2013-11-22T17:52:12","date_gmt":"2013-11-22T22:52:12","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/?p=6373"},"modified":"2024-09-11T23:32:36","modified_gmt":"2024-09-12T03:32:36","slug":"political-cynicism-reliable-contraceptive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jimbovard.com\/blog\/2013\/11\/22\/political-cynicism-reliable-contraceptive\/","title":{"rendered":"Political Cynicism: A Reliable Contraceptive?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Woody Allen did a good synopsis of the JFK assassination controversy in &#8220;Annie Hall.&#8221; \u00a0His first wife complained: \u201cYou\u2019re using this conspiracy theory as an excuse to avoid sex with me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>I also don&#8217;t trust the government but I have never used that as an excuse to avoid [redacted]<\/p>\n<p>Actually, thinking of the cynics and the True Believers I have known &#8211; \u00a0 \u00a0I have noticed no tendency for doubters to be pelvically averse.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Woody Allen did a good synopsis of the JFK assassination controversy in &#8220;Annie Hall.&#8221; \u00a0His first wife complained: \u201cYou\u2019re using this conspiracy theory as an excuse to avoid sex with me.\u201d I also don&#8217;t trust the government but I have never used that as an excuse to avoid [redacted] Actually, thinking of the cynics and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[274,327],"class_list":["post-6373","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-buffoonery","tag-cynicism"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Political Cynicism: A Reliable Contraceptive? 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