@doschicos I got it! 
And I donāt post for solidarity. I post when I see what appears to be solid evidence of something being done or said that is a change I am not in favor of. I try to skip the memes and meaningless gestures ā I might laugh at them, but I donāt like or share hardly ever on those. But when something has a serious policy impact or there is direct evidence that an untruth is being told that matters? Iād like my friends (and their friends) to see it and chew on it a bit.
Last I checked, yes 
From personal experience, emilybee, I can tell you that every single time thereās an article about trans people in the NY Times, a noticeably significant percentage of the comments seems to be devoted to ridiculing trans people ā in rather vicious ways ā and vigorously denying trans peoplesā lived experiences and authenticity, based on ancient stereotypes that completely ignore the last several decades of research. Yes, the grammarās better than similar comments on, say, Yahoo News, but the substance is no different. And it often seems to be the same people ā as if they wait around for such articles to appear in order to trot out the same opinions over and over again (citing the exact same āstudiesā that have been rebutted over and over again), even though I donāt think they would dream of expressing similar biases anymore about, say, gay people. Or that the Times would publish them. But everybody seems to think theyāre an expert on trans people. So given the fact that I have something of a personal connection to that particular topic, Iām afraid that I donāt necessarily share your high opinion of the Times commentariat.
This is basically what I said in my original post. So many of the comments, no matter what news source, are so vitriolic that it is painful, to me, to read them. This is especially true when people have annominity and disguise themselves under names like " noseitall," āeatthisā,ā therealdeepthroat."
So, I stop reading them. At least for now. It is not worth my time arguing with them
@DonnaL, I donāt read the comments on every article - just the ones I am most interested - and I honestly have never seen what you describe at all. I would not describe any comments I read as vitriolic. Are there ones who have argument completely opposite from me - absolutely - but nothing that ever stops me from continuing to read all the comments ( at least up until Iāve decided Iāve read enough. )
Given the contentious election it was pretty amazing, imo, how civilized and thoughtful the comments were. I read many articles from WaPo during the election season and never came away not shocked and couldnāt make it through 10 comments or so before stopping.
Many people on the Times comment section use their real names (first) and their city or town where they are from. Iām easily recognizable on NYT comments.
Comedians? There ARE no more comedians. Sat. Night Live & all the late-night talk shows have devolved into political propaganda machines.
Where is Johnny Carson when you really need him?
I need to go post on Facebook that WaPo is free for Amazon Prime members-best news Iāve heard all day :).
ETA: itās only free for the first six months; then they start charging you:
Itās hard for me NOT to post anything political, though I try to keep it to a minimum. I work at a university with many DACA students. Iām on the board of a non-profit that serves at-risk communities that are swiftly and directly impacted by any sort of policy changes, and our funding relies partially on grants (thatās not limited to the current administration, itās an ongoing battle.) I volunteer for Planned Parenthood. And my daughter is gay and yes, harassment by weirdo strangers has increased significantly over the last few months.
So. Even letting people know āWhatās on your mind?ā, as FB asks, can come across as political even if Iām not talking about a politician or any specific policy. Itās just what I dealt with that day.
But sometimes I just post pictures of my dog. Mostly, I just try to stay away from FB and keep on chugging.
You can delete WaPo cookies and keep reading after your ten free articles. Doesnāt work anymore on NYT but does on WaPo.
Bill Burr is awesome.
Left leaning, right leaning, it doesnāt matterā¦ he makes fun of everyone, and hardcore. One of the last non-politically correct comedians out there. 
I miss Jay Leno. He was funny without the meanness in this crop who call themselves comedians.
Yeah, Leno is good clean comedy. I enjoy watching his Jay Lenoās garage videos on Youtube.
You can read articles in incognito mode and youāll never hit the article limit barrier.
Thanks for the Bill Burr clip, hilarious!
I never liked Leno much but man, do I wish George Carlin was still around!
I miss both Jay Leno and the late George Carlin.
Oh, cāmon, you really expect comedians to leave all this stuff alone? Can you really say that the past 18 months of wackiness in so many ways doesnāt deserve becoming material for some laughs? Too much low hanging fruit! If we canāt laugh about this stuff once in awhile, that would truly be a sad state of affairs. 
OMGā¦this is just too adorableā¦Daddy and daughter singing Youāve got a Friend in meā¦
My positive post of the dayā¦
Jay Leno made fun of politicians and joked about the headlines of the day, but it didnāt have the mean, nasty edge that prevails today, ie, the tweet from the SNL writer about 10 year old Barron Trump.
Yeah, the good old days of nice comediansā¦Johnny Carson, Jay Leno, Joan RIvers, Don Rickles. Oh, waitā¦
Well, tweets are a problem in general ā¦ I cannot fathom why people think that telling the world whatever just popped into their head is actually a good idea.