I get stressed and down about all of it too Miranda, that's a big reason I just don't get involved in debates with people about it. People can and do get personally hurt by all of it, and long after the elections are over, those hurtful things said and done remain with a person. I don't want to be responsible for hurting someone and I don't want to be hurt either so I generally keep to myself with my feelings on it all. I discuss it with my husband because we have a lot of the same feelings on it all, and I know he won't turn it into something personal even if we do have different views on something.

This isn't directed just at the Doghouse discussions at Pet Talk but at political conflict that has been all around us, everywhere we go.