I feel you. We have a neighborhood message board. Before the California primary last Tuesday, a neighbor posted asking where they could find information for conservatives. I had used the Los Angeles Times to complete my ballot, so I recommended the OC paper, which leans more conservative. Of course all the Republicans…

I have friends that I know are pretty liberal, but when we were talking about Caitlyn Jenner and the bullshit drama about Trans* people using bathrooms they said the most Transphobic things. Like how they didn’t want to share the bathroom with a man, etc etc.

I’m still down to drag chains up the street with you while wearing bikinis and doing yoga poses in front of her house.

Jeebus, remember earlier in the week when my only real issue was Bible Fucking Betty?

Goddamn. I have nothing to add except I am so sorry you’re going through this and I hope there some light around the corner for you. Sending hugs.

It can really suck sometimes. I responded to another article on Gawker and basically said that cities other than LA, NYC and SF are also cool, and got back tons of nasty (fly-over-ville type) comments. It was a bit shocking that some people’s existence on the interwebs is apparently completely devoted to tearing other…

I feel like I can’t quit Facebook since it’s pretty much my only means of contact with my older sister and my various far-flung online friends, but I’ve become absolutely ruthless in blocking shitty pages, unfriending people I see posting shitty things, and unfollowing those that I can’t for whatever reason. It’s made…

Honestly, being pregnant is actually a good thing. It’s nice to have something that I’m purely happy about. And as my husband says, it’ll be nice to have someone in the house progress instead of regress.

I went to one in the last city I lived in and found it incredibly helpful, it was dedicated to daughters with mothers with Alzheimer's. My only options for support groups here are either in the burbs or require a walk through the most dangerous part of town. I've called the Alzheimer's Association for help once in a…

I somehow failed to notice that your pregnant while dealing with all of this. HONEY.

There's a large part of me that wonders if it's because she taught me right from wrong or if it's because I'm afraid to give birth in prison...

A support group is a great idea! Sometimes it helps so much just to vent.

Hugs - it can get nasty occasionally, and be an emotional drain. My social and family group was majority extreme conservative so I stopped using Facebook a few years ago. Twitter and Instagram fill the gap, I just couldn’t see majority craycray posts from people I knew. I use my now-empty Facebook profile for work,…

I keep telling myself “this is what we have to do” and then I plow through another day. There is nothing else that I can do.

I have gotten to the point where I don’t even enjoy the good days because I know they are just the lull between bullshit storms. I spend two-three hours in the gym or hours in the pool just to get a break from her. When she comes to the pool I can either ignore her by swimming underwater (I have the lung capacity of a…

Oh I feel you. Sometimes I want to explain rationally that people shouldn’t pretend that shitty racist/homophobic/sex is comments aren’t funny, but I always stop myself . I can’t stop these people from doing this in this way, they aren’t receptive to changing their minds on a Facebook thread.

For the most part my FB is an echo chamber of liberal-progressive stuff. I’d find it really hard if I was seeing the kinds of things you are describing. I’m sorry.

Fuck. That sucks. I don’t have Facebook and never will, for this very reason. That sounds terrible.

I quit Facebook too. In my case, it was mostly because someone who didn’t know me was able to find me even though I had my privacy settings maxed out, which got me thinking about what if any of the stalkery dudes in my life decided they wanted to “catch up,” which naturally freaked me right the hell out. But the fact…

I second what Mayotonilla said. I also quick Facebook and I think it’s been good for me. People are going to think dumb, racist shit whether you are there to see it or not. So you might as well spare yourself. It’s like avoiding most of Reddit.