Seems that at bottom, rage is driving them. They get to say how mad they are, but don’t you dare tell them how angry you are or what about them you hate.
America has a large appetite for appeasement. This isn’t coterminous with grace, however. Grace will state there is something wrong, but even yet here’s a reasonable way it could be made right.
I think that you have it pegged. Rage guiding their thoughts, words, and deeds.