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I should NOT have gone on facebook. So. much. hate. contemptuous mocking. sarcasm. ridicule. Not just for DT, but for everyone who doesn't overtly hate him. My facebook feed was toxic, repelling me away.
Post after meme after video after tweet after comment, reiterating again and again and again and again and again how stupid and intolerable anyone is if they don't hate DT - AND everyone who "supports" him. I think I've actually been grieving . . . because I can't un-know what I've learned about so many people I genuinely liked and respected . . .
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It was facebook's "On This Day" feature that prompted me. Browsing through all my facebook posts on January 16th from 2010 through 2017 got me thinking. What had I posted on my blog on that date over the past few years? One click on the drop down arrow of the archive list on my blog led me to the image above. At first glance, it appeared I had only published posts during April, May and September of 2017. When I looked the listing of all my posts in chronological order, I realized I actually only published THREE POSTS in total last year. But then I noticed . . .
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I feel a metaphor coming on.



I know what you're saying. "hhhhhhh. What is she talking about now?"





