I figured it out. With TinyMCE editor, there’s an option to override WordPress’ automatic link thing. It’s called “Advanced Link.” I highly recommend TinyMCE and I highly recommend using this Advanced Link. It makes it tough to link to internal pages–you have to do it manually–but it does fix my problem. WordPress is awfully aggressive about linking images the way it wants to. Very aggressive.
Scott
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