Remember

 You have a right to say what ever dumb assed, stupid shit you like.  And everyone else has a right to call it dumb assed and stupid.

Don't take it too personally, I suggest.  You really might be saying dumb assed, stupid shit.  You might be better off trying to be objective at analyzing what you think and say, than being butt sore.  Granted, some Republicans have made a career at that.  Just saying.  Lewis Black has too, but he gets a pass, as he is funny about it!

And now to mention the cranky dilemma.  If you decide you have a general right to be cranky, you are part of the problem, not the solution.  If you are cranky specifically against other cranky people who say things you disagree with, but not the cranky people who say things you agree with, you are part of the problem, not the solution.

Does that apply to me too?  In theory.  But my aim is not always to advance my side.  Often it is to reduce the noise to level.    And sometimes it is to point out the hypocrisy.  For example.  The cranky guy who writes a cranky book, about those other cranky people.  How the fuck did he miss the ugly, brutal truth of his hypocrisy?  (But he is getting paid.  So there is that part.)

Anyway.  Peeps need to take shit less personally. That actually is one of my ongoing life challenges. Easier to do when I just pay less attention to aggravating things and people.