{"id":343076,"date":"2025-12-14T03:17:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:17:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/peraltafinancing.com\/uncategorized\/a-tendentious-nation-the-lone-liberal-republican\/"},"modified":"2025-12-14T03:17:02","modified_gmt":"2025-12-14T03:17:02","slug":"a-tendentious-nation-the-lone-liberal-republican","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076","title":{"rendered":"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican"},"content":{"rendered":"<p> <br \/>\n<br \/><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/images.squarespace-cdn.com\/content\/v1\/5c3f614d0dbda3b28a6c0ff1\/1691515695375-3ULCI9JO7W8UI1JHE81S\/tendenitious-01.png?format=1500w\" \/><\/p>\n<div data-sqsp-text-block-content=\"\">\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\"><strong><em>ten\u00b7den\u00b7tious<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">A great adjective meaning \u201cexpressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.\u201d For example, &#8220;a tendentious reading of history&#8221;. Or, my favorite use of the word:<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">\u201cAmerica has become a tendentious nation.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Increasingly our politicians and media don\u2019t look at the facts in order to form an opinion. Rather, they know what they think and marshall only the facts that support their view. Very dangerous for a society, especially when combined with our hyper-polarized politics and the increasingly sophisticated deep fake capabilities of artificial intelligence. (Google the term \u201cdeep fake AI.\u201d You will be amazed at what you will find.)<\/p>\n<p class=\"\" style=\"white-space:pre-wrap;\">Not an easy problem to solve. But, in the words of a famous television speech, \u201cThe first step in solving any problem is recognizing there is one.\u201d<\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>ten\u00b7den\u00b7tious A great adjective meaning \u201cexpressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.\u201d For example, &#8220;a tendentious reading of history&#8221;. Or, my favorite use of the word: \u201cAmerica has become a tendentious nation.\u201d Increasingly our politicians and media don\u2019t look at the facts in order to form [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":343077,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[14264,18301,20171,20835,166436],"dealstore":[],"offerexpiration":[],"class_list":["post-343076","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","tag-liberal","tag-lone","tag-nation","tag-republican","tag-tendentious"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican - Som2ny Network<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican - Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"ten\u00b7den\u00b7tious A great adjective meaning \u201cexpressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.\u201d For example, &#8220;a tendentious reading of history&#8221;. Or, my favorite use of the word: \u201cAmerica has become a tendentious nation.\u201d Increasingly our politicians and media don\u2019t look at the facts in order to form [&hellip;]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Som2ny Network\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-12-14T03:17:02+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1500\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"1000\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/png\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"1 minute\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\"},\"headline\":\"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-14T03:17:02+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076\"},\"wordCount\":148,\"commentCount\":0,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png\",\"keywords\":[\"Liberal\",\"Lone\",\"Nation\",\"Republican\",\"Tendentious\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076\",\"name\":\"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican - Som2ny Network\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-12-14T03:17:02+00:00\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png\",\"width\":1500,\"height\":1000},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"description\":\"Daily Deals\",\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\"},\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Organization\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization\",\"name\":\"Som2ny Network\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/\",\"logo\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png\",\"width\":300,\"height\":86,\"caption\":\"Som2ny Network\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/\"}},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371\",\"name\":\"admin\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png\",\"caption\":\"admin\"},\"sameAs\":[\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\"],\"url\":\"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1\"}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican - Som2ny Network","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican - Som2ny Network","og_description":"ten\u00b7den\u00b7tious A great adjective meaning \u201cexpressing or intending to promote a particular cause or point of view, especially a controversial one.\u201d For example, &#8220;a tendentious reading of history&#8221;. Or, my favorite use of the word: \u201cAmerica has become a tendentious nation.\u201d Increasingly our politicians and media don\u2019t look at the facts in order to form [&hellip;]","og_url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076","og_site_name":"Som2ny Network","article_published_time":"2025-12-14T03:17:02+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1500,"height":1000,"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png","type":"image\/png"}],"author":"admin","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"admin","Est. reading time":"1 minute"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076"},"author":{"name":"admin","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371"},"headline":"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican","datePublished":"2025-12-14T03:17:02+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076"},"wordCount":148,"commentCount":0,"publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png","keywords":["Liberal","Lone","Nation","Republican","Tendentious"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076","name":"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican - Som2ny Network","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png","datePublished":"2025-12-14T03:17:02+00:00","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/12\/tendenitious-01.png","width":1500,"height":1000},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?p=343076#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?bp_activities=1"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"A Tendentious Nation \u2014 The Lone Liberal Republican"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#website","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","name":"Som2ny Network","description":"Daily Deals","publisher":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization"},"potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#organization","name":"Som2ny Network","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/07\/4a0953c4-logo-300x86-1.png","width":300,"height":86,"caption":"Som2ny Network"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/logo\/image\/"}},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/b85e3c3dc0e1daea076524dc8810c371","name":"admin","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/729ae85bf62b9917e93538db2f2688ca?s=96&r=g&default=https%3A%2F%2Ffivemor.com%2Fwp-content%2Fplugins%2Fbuddypress-first-letter-avatar%2Fimages%2Fdefault%2F96%2Flatin_a.png","caption":"admin"},"sameAs":["https:\/\/fivemor.com"],"url":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/?author=1"}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343076","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=343076"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/343076\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/343077"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=343076"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=343076"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=343076"},{"taxonomy":"dealstore","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fdealstore&post=343076"},{"taxonomy":"offerexpiration","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/fivemor.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fofferexpiration&post=343076"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}