tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536580173838463270.post5928856616673097834..comments2024-03-01T16:40:24.819-07:00Comments on To Square a Circle: oops I did it againBarbNhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536580173838463270.post-17444149120645909342016-05-12T22:51:16.225-06:002016-05-12T22:51:16.225-06:00That is a great reminder. I've been feeling mu...That is a great reminder. I've been feeling much better about it today, partly because I've resolved to stay off social media for a few days. I wrote this post after reading a particularly nasty series of comments on a moderate article someone had posted on FB. I should know better!!BarbNhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12088366782915923507noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4536580173838463270.post-221361694838061612016-05-12T07:47:18.367-06:002016-05-12T07:47:18.367-06:00I've been feeling very much like this as well ...I've been feeling very much like this as well and was fretting about it last night out loud, which I generally don't do since my husband and I are not entirely aligned in our political convictions. And he reminded me that our country has had this happen before - great and seemingly irreparable divisions between and among parties - and that our system of checks and balances has done its job, slowly, maybe more slowly than one would wish, and the country has healed and moved on. His reminder did make me feel less desperate and fearful for our future. KarenBnoreply@blogger.com