>There are ways to make the points you have made that are helpful and supportive. I don't think your first comment is that sort of thing. Re-reading my own com

>There are ways to make the points you have made that are helpful and supportive. I don't think your first comment is that sort of thing. Re-reading my own comments, I think you are right that my comment wasn't helpful. It probably would be worth the time for me to figure out how to say this in a more constructive way, because I do see a lot of people, especially my more right-leaning friends who feel deep feelings of persecution from, you know, things people have said on the internet, that would never be said in real life anywhere I or they have been or would go.