Lauren Martinchek, the hate thing is all too consuming and once down that road it has a life of its own. You have expanded the hate to people who have wished Donald well -- to serve what end? collect more people to hate? Also empathy, sympathy are not finite -- we can always have more -- I can have sadness for Donald and sadness for the other 53,000 Americans who also received news on Friday that they have the coronavirus.

You write on Medium because you want others to respond, think, agree, counter and contribute. Hatred is an imperfect setting for discussion where one of the fundermental requirements is listening. It's annoying because you have to stop talking but listening can make your talk more valuable.