Anyone who is suffering from shame and public humiliation needs to know one thing: You can survive it... You can insist on a different ending to your story. Have compassion for yourself. We all deserve compassion, and to live both online and off in a more compassionate world.

I voted Republican this year; the Democrats left a bad taste in my mouth.

As far as our culture of humiliation goes, what we need is a revolution. Public shaming as a blood sport has to stop.

When you see anyone being targeted, support her or him with a positive comment or emoji.

Try and have neutral compassion toward the perpetrator. Step outside the sting of the incident and realize that this person is trying to erase their own inadequacy or unhappiness by transferring it to you. It won't make the incident go away, but it's one thing you can do to reduce the pain.

Let's acknowledge the difference between speaking up with intention and speaking up for attention.

Getting and keeping my immunity became very important to me. For I needed to take care of myself and my family. No one else was worried about me.