I wonder why I started posting on DU again.

[Ladyhawk]

I think it was a mistake. I don't like the way the flame wars make me feel.

[mopinko]

1. hello dear. nice to see you.

i know that i post here to belong to a community. unfortunately it is a family with many idiot cousins and blow hard uncles.
from what i know about you, you are the kind of person who finds nastiness hard to take. i have had some times in my life when i felt that i had no skin. that the meat of me was exposed to scrapes and jabs, and that i could do nothing about that. that kind of feeling led me to stay away from my real family for a long time now. i suspect you know just what that feels like.
i think the really painful part comes at the place where the need for a tribe intersects with the cruel and unthinking behavior of some members of that tribe. it is always a trade off, and you can always add that up, and walk away.
ignore is your friend. i have never had that many people on my ignore list, but during the primaries, i was adding to it daily. i just couldn't take it, and couldn't help jumping in to support my guy. we all are better off if we don't feel like we have to fight every fight. seek out the places where there is more of what you need.
like here.

take care of yourself, tho, whatever you do.

[qb]

2. I hear you.

:hug: