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Sherman A1

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18. I agree at least in part

Reply to Initech (Original post)

Fri Feb 16, 2018, 06:50 PM

Feb 2018

Rage is certainly a contributing factor, but it is not exclusively limited to you any one group. How it manifests itself is notably different. I noted some very angry people back in the 1980's at Union Meetings, they too didn't know who they were necessarily angry with at the time, but they knew that they were angry. I believe then and now that this is a direct result of the economics of wealth inequality in this country. Fox news and Right Wing Radio are tools of the divide and conquer schemes of the Right. If the races are busy accusing each other of being the bad guy or the sexes are doing the same, then the wealthy laugh all the way to the bank.

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The one thing we are overlooking in all of these mass shootings. One four letter word. [View all] Initech Feb 2018 OP

And guns. The Velveteen Ocelot Feb 2018 #1

And this country makes it easy for rage filled, disturbed people to buy weapons. Initech Feb 2018 #3

Easier to buy a gun than Vote in many places in the US now, sick! appalachiablue Feb 2018 #20

Exactly Gabi Hayes Feb 2018 #4

Even Mika and Joe talked about "testosterone-fueled" rage Ilsa Feb 2018 #2

Why don't they do something constructive with the rage? leftstreet Feb 2018 #5

I've often wondered that too. Initech Feb 2018 #6

That requires hard introspection and work. Ilsa Feb 2018 #9

Because boys are told that helping and nurturing isn't their job. WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #10

Learning to manage rage is defintely Ilsa Feb 2018 #7

Correct. There's so much RAGE here, all over. And men are much less likely appalachiablue Feb 2018 #22

Our culture isn't doing so well by men and boys. Patriarchy hurts men too, and doesn't give them a WhiskeyGrinder Feb 2018 #8

It's not just white guys mythology Feb 2018 #11

I don't entirely disagreed, but our society systemically advantages white men. If they have rage... brush Feb 2018 #12

When Youre Accustomed to Privilege, Equality Feels Like Oppression CrispyQ Feb 2018 #13

Your headline summarizes it perfectly. brush Feb 2018 #15

It's white men and angry white men. Initech Feb 2018 #14

Yep. Rage + firearm path to mass murder. forgotmylogin Feb 2018 #16

Rage is not a mental illness loyalsister Feb 2018 #17

I agree at least in part Sherman A1 Feb 2018 #18

A good book about the social, cultural and psychological stresses that provoke mass shootings: tblue37 Feb 2018 #19

I will check it out Sherman A1 Feb 2018 #21