Thank you! I needed to hear that because I was beginning to wonder if I was the one in the wrong and just that clueless about it. Your rather succinct summary helped put this into perspective.
I do wonder what you think "the right phrasing" to use might have been to avoid all this drama. As on edge as the entire country seems to have become, I honestly can't think of a way to say what I did without offending somebody - which is why I led off with "I know I'm gonna get shit for this..." I so miss the days decades ago when we at least would pretend to debate in a civil manner.
