One little empathy builder I do from time to time (& just did now, before bed):

Go to one of the hellsites and find an account for a person who fiercely holds a view that doesn't match yours.

Scroll through their content. Try not to get caught up in how much you disagree with it. Pay attention to reposts especially.

Think instead about what it must be like to be inundated by similar content all the time. How it might change a person.

Then look away.
Turn it off.
And be thankful that you can.

Night all.

Take care of your hearts.

Watch your fool noggins.

And above all else, give yourself grace--and others too--for doing what seems right at the time to get by.

It might not look that great from the outside--and you or they might live to regret those actions later on--but for now? *Right* now?

It is what it is, and it'll have to be enough, until you or they get to the point where a brighter idea comes along. 🫂