What are we supposed to think about political rage?
That political rage is necessarily linked to political violence was assumed, and sometimes asserted, but rarely argued.
Rebecca Traister, an editor for New York magazine, has just published a book celebrating the "Revolutionary power" of anger, which was celebrated at The Atlantic on October 4 under a headline noting the "Seismic power" of "Rage." On September 21 , the Washington Post affirmed that "Rage is healthy, rational, and necessary for America." On Friday, NBC news praised a television show for depicting "Anger as righteous and necessary." Before that, it ran a segment encouraging certain political partisans to "Embrace their rage."
Earlier in the year, Leslie Jamison wrote a very interesting and intelligent essay for The New York Times Magazine exploring anger as a "Tool to be used, part of a well-stocked arsenal." Right as the bombing suspect was being arrested in Florida, Rewire shared "All the Rage That's Fit To Print," its assessment of four books on "Fury."
I've omitted the word "Women" in several instances above, on the theory that we're all adults here, and that we would recognize the obvious hypocrisy and illogic of any "My rage good, your rage bad, bad, bad" construct.
Senator Feinstein does not fill me with rage; she has the exact aspect of a woman who is very, very sad that the bingo game didn't break her way this time, and it is difficult to be angry at that.
Sorting all that out sometimes requires careful thinking, which is difficult to manage when you are high on rage.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/rage-makes-you-stupid/
That political rage is necessarily linked to political violence was assumed, and sometimes asserted, but rarely argued.
Rebecca Traister, an editor for New York magazine, has just published a book celebrating the "Revolutionary power" of anger, which was celebrated at The Atlantic on October 4 under a headline noting the "Seismic power" of "Rage." On September 21 , the Washington Post affirmed that "Rage is healthy, rational, and necessary for America." On Friday, NBC news praised a television show for depicting "Anger as righteous and necessary." Before that, it ran a segment encouraging certain political partisans to "Embrace their rage."
Earlier in the year, Leslie Jamison wrote a very interesting and intelligent essay for The New York Times Magazine exploring anger as a "Tool to be used, part of a well-stocked arsenal." Right as the bombing suspect was being arrested in Florida, Rewire shared "All the Rage That's Fit To Print," its assessment of four books on "Fury."
I've omitted the word "Women" in several instances above, on the theory that we're all adults here, and that we would recognize the obvious hypocrisy and illogic of any "My rage good, your rage bad, bad, bad" construct.
Senator Feinstein does not fill me with rage; she has the exact aspect of a woman who is very, very sad that the bingo game didn't break her way this time, and it is difficult to be angry at that.
Sorting all that out sometimes requires careful thinking, which is difficult to manage when you are high on rage.
https://www.nationalreview.com/2018/10/rage-makes-you-stupid/
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