""But it CAN be painful to be hated for what others think that you believe.""

I see no evidence that anyone on this site personally hates YOU, BB.

There are certainly a huge number who disagree with your POV, but that isn't quite the same thing, is it?

As a UK Conservative (big C, and nothing like the US model), I face the same degree of opposition to my views, but I know that none of my fellow British Catters would treat me personally with disdain if we met in a pub.

In fact, most would happily buy me a pint, and whatever I think of THEIR politics I would willingly stand my round.

Your problem is that you espouse a discredited party, and more importantly, a discredited President, both of which ARE hated, not just in the USA, but in most of the countries of the world.

That's bound to meet with massive disapproval.

Don T.