When did Anger become a Liability?

[NightOwwl]

Bush will be out of the White House in two months.

500,000 people gathered together to protest Bush and his policies.

People who never had an interest in politics will be at the polls, voting against Bush.

Why? Because people are angry.

Anger is not defeatism. It is not gloom-and-doom or chicken-little-the-sky-is-falling.

Anger is a motivating force. Anger gets results.

What is wrong with that?

[abrock]

1. Nothing wrong with anger, but...

You have to realize that anger directed toward resolve and fixing the problem is good, but blind anger raging and complaining is not.

That is the problem on here sometimes, people see Bush rise 2 percentage points in a GOP sponsored poll and proclaim the world is ending.

Have a little faith!

[BurtWorm]

3. You're not describing anger. You're describing fear.

Anger is an energy. It can be a force for the good if it's expressed well and used wisely. We probably agree on that.

I don't buy "having faith," though, with all due respect. Faith and $1 will buy four more years of Bush.

[murielm99]

2. Correct.

I have channeled by anger into activism.

They are afraid of our anger, because it is uniting us, and causing us to take action.

Fear is a liability, not anger.

[Feanorcurufinwe]

4. Depends how you channel it

Anger, unless you turn it into determination, is usually not a good guide for your actions.

When I get angry about something, I wait till I calm down so that I can act rationally about the underlying cause of my anger.

[Fleshdancer]

5. I think it was around the same time incompetence became a virtue

I've often wondered the same thing. It's pretty ironic that the same country that is in war in two different countries right now thinks exhibiting signs of anger is unacceptable. War mongers can be angry enough to bomb countries but I'm not allowed to be angry enough to say it's wrong? WTF?

[donkeyotay]

6. Yes, about the time they saw that angry mob with torches coming

Anger was officially banned when Dean screamed.

Sure, the repo contract on America took place behind the "angry white man," but now that the pendulum is swinging the other way? Anger bad. Very bad. Don't be angry, be compliant.