You have my complete sympathy. I suppose I will linger in order to assess the match-up between what happens after Trump gets in office, with the attitudes and expectations here.

I also look at it as something of an intellectual challenge to see how efficiently I can function as a critic and an explainer. Sometimes, I come up with a Bright Idea, but that gets lost in the wave action. Very difficult to work with the types who like to dish it out but can't take it. It seems I've gotten banned for complaints of "bad manners" by people who end by cursing me out. I suppose I am at risk by even mentioning such "types." And yet, the spectrum you have identified seems to prevail.

I will close with a joke--- Airhead Girl: "I enjoy classical music, especially when it celebrates pastries." Girlfriend: "What? I mean, what are you talking about?" Airhead Girl: "Well, you know. Like Claude Debussy's 'Eclair de Lune'."