Why So Angry?
2010-04-05 - by
There’s a lot of free-floating anger in America
It’s mostly on the right side of the spectrum. I see it in comments on this blog.
Frank Rich wrote recently in The New York Times that it’s coming mainly from threatened white men:
“The conjunction of a black president and a female speaker of the House — topped off by a wise Latina
Of course, it’s not just right-wing Republicans. I have Democratic friends who rant about “centrist Democrats” like they were traitors.
And Lord knows our side had some bitter things to say about George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
But there is a remarkable level of bitterness – and personal venom – in the Tea Party and its fellow travelers. They even rise to dark threats of violence.
Anger is a destructive force in politics. And it usually destroys those who wield it.
Why So Angry?
2010-04-05/
There’s a lot of free-floating anger in America
It’s mostly on the right side of the spectrum. I see it in comments on this blog.
Frank Rich wrote recently in The New York Times that it’s coming mainly from threatened white men:
“The conjunction of a black president and a female speaker of the House — topped off by a wise Latina
Of course, it’s not just right-wing Republicans. I have Democratic friends who rant about “centrist Democrats” like they were traitors.
And Lord knows our side had some bitter things to say about George W. Bush and Dick Cheney.
But there is a remarkable level of bitterness – and personal venom – in the Tea Party and its fellow travelers. They even rise to dark threats of violence.
Anger is a destructive force in politics. And it usually destroys those who wield it.