I think too much weight has been placed on some people "ridculing" others in this thread. You are only ridiculed if you feel offended. I am hardly offended by someone who, speaking to how I feel about the sad state of this country, offers a response of "don't let the door hit you in the ass on the way out!"
It's a silly, useless response. Not that I didn't expect it. If that is the limit of their ability to empathize, I can't really give them my respect. So their childish viewpoint means essentially nothing to me. It's not ridicule, or mean or nasty of them. It's just a waste of bandwidth, which only becomes a problem if it consistently increases and goes unchecked.
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