Merry Christmas, everyone. Try to hold onto to the Christmas spirit every day. Love expands life. Rage corrodes life. Angry partisans vulgarize our culture. Daily profane online beatdowns of their perceived "enemies" are relentless, tiresome, and futile. No one has every read a profanity laced, acerbic demonization of some political figure and thought, "That f-word really enlightened me. I'm switching parties!" Online abuse is ubiquitous. People who don't like themselves rub temporary salve on their wounded souls by vilifying others. The more abusive they are, the less they're inclined to realize how deranged they are to the massive majority that finds joy in life. It's Christmas. Some way, somehow find your OFF switch and immerse yourself in