I hear ya. That's why I tend to not post much in the more public forums. I did publicly post my ideas about the school shootings and terrorism and succeeded in not taking the responses personally... but that is hard to do (remember how upset I got over the soy milk post?)

I have a friend on my list who sometimes posts but closes comments. She has something to say and write about, but just wants/needs to get it out. She doesn't want to know what other people have to say about it, or their opinions on that particular post. Sometimes she starts off with "just thinking out loud here, don't want comments..." or something along those lines. Don't know if that might be an option for you?