I just made a very depressing post on a thread started by Nance Greggs. So I thought...
I'd make up for that by a more positive post, this a share from an email my cousin Cynthia sent.
Trump is (inadvertently) making America Great (again).
> 1. Unprecedented levels of ongoing civic engagement.
> 2. Millions of Americans now know who their state and federal representatives are without having to google.
> 3. Millions of Americans are exercising more. They're holding signs and marching every week.
> 4. Alec Baldwin is great again. Everyone's forgotten he's kind of a jerk.
> 5. The Postal Service is enjoying the influx cash due to stamps purchased by millions of people for letter and postcard campaigns.
> 6. Likewise, the pharmaceutical industry is enjoying record growth in sales of anti-depressants.
> 7. Millions of Americans now know how to call their elected officials and know exactly what to say to be effective.
> 8. Footage of town hall meetings is now entertaining.
> 9. Tens of millions of people are now correctly spelling words like emoluments, narcissist, fascist, misogynist, holocaust and cognitive dissonance.
> 10. Everyone knows more about the rise of Hitler than they did last year.
> 11. Everyone knows more about legislation, branches of power and how checks and balances work.
> 12. Marginalized groups are experiencing a surge in white allies.
> 13. White people in record numbers have just learned that racism is not dead. (See #6)
> 14. White people in record numbers also finally understand that Obamacare IS the Affordable Care Act.
> 15. Stephen Colbert's "Late Night" finally gained the elusive #1 spot in late night talk shows.
> 16. "Mike Pence" has donated millions of dollars to Planned Parenthood since Nov. 9th.
> 17. Melissa FREAKING McCarthy.
> 18. Travel ban protesters put $24 million into ACLU coffers in just 48 hours, enabling them to hire 200 more attorneys. Lawyers are now heroes.
> 19. As people seek veracity in their news sources, respected news outlets are happily reporting a substantial increase in subscriptions, a boon to a struggling industry vital to our democracy.
> 20. Live streaming court cases and congressional sessions are now as popular as the Kardashians.
> 21. Massive cleanup of facebook friend lists.
> 22. People are reading classic literature again. Sales of George Orwell's "1984" increased by 10,000% after the inauguration. (Yes, that is true. 10,000%. 9th grade Lit teachers all over the country are now rock stars.)
> 23. More than ever before, Americans are aware that education is important. Like, super important.
> 24. Now, more than anytime in history, everyone believes that anyone can be President.
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I recognize your post as sarcasm. Some may not (like another poster on this thread), so it's usually worth adding some indicator, to avoid misunderstandings, such as 
I was one of the jurors. I too was unsure whether it was sarcasm. (Saying that millions of illegals were bussed in)
But because I couldn't be sure, I felt I had no choice and voted to remove the post.
EDIT: Oh...I am wrong. It was the post above that that was also alerted on. So I mistook your response to mean that one by DDySiegs (another newbie). I guess that one passed the mustard without a
I do not know how it could have.
the end of the word. Or check the smilies icon on the upper right of message text area for this and other emoticons.
Even long-time members can fall foul of this - tone is something it's difficult to read in text online (what you wrote was hyped enough that it made me laugh). It's even worse if folks don't know you yet (we do get quite a few people signing up just to cause trouble, which puts folks here on edge sometimes). The person who challenged you above and is no longer with us was out of order in what they wrote, which is one reason why they and their comment are gone.
You can just add some verbal indication if you want (/sarcasm or whatever). The graphic I posted is one quite a few here seem to like, and you access it by clicking on "smilies" at the top of the reply box, then the box with three dots ... which will bring up more smilies, and is there at top left of the new selection that appears. Just click on it or any of the others, and they'll be inserted in your post wherever the cursor is. 
See you around.
