Why do you wash your hands before preparing food? Why do you avoid people sneezing in your face? Why do you get inoculations? Why keep the garlic away from the butter in the refrigerator? If your teeth are so darned pretty, why do you brush them? If you're such a great driver, why bother paying for insurance?
I never needed a “safe space” before this. My feelings are hurt when I am attacked directly sometimes, but this is different. The vitriol has been demoralizing and has prompted me to block scores of people on Facebook.
I know this is not the reason that Jim is going all-in for Trump, to soothe the feelings of pro-Trump freepers. Still, I am so grateful that he has done so. My mind has been made up on this election for a long time and I don’t need to read insult after insult about my conservatism, my religion, the state that I live in, and everything else. My day is too short for that.