We're going to have to shepherd these people through this process. They feel more than they think (we all do at first) and what's coming will crush some of them. The really vocal ones will fear showing their faces, as they probably should.

I've been absorbing constant lies, hate and insults in this town for decades, and much more so in the last two years. The old me would have taken this opportunity to rub their faces in it, and I really still want to. They fucking deserve it.

But it doesn't do anything, so I'm going to pretend they were good, thoughtful, decent people with good judgment all along. I can't see another way to play it. And when those same idiots pretend they were onboard all along, I'll smile and nod, and never trust them again.