Maybe it's just me, but I see it as psyops.
"Revenge" has been in the news lately when the LAAP-dog media frames the Trump administration investigations into Biden's autopen abuses and the Comey/Brenner/Clapper investigations.
The entire Democrat mantra of "looking forward" is a deflection that essentially says what I've been calling the "kick me" syndrome -- Democrats get to throw the first sucker punch at Republicans, but if the Republicans dare to retaliate, it's revenge, or whataboutism, or escalation.
This sentiment codifies the Democrats' self-given right to a first strike, while demanding that Republicans be powerless to stop it or respond in kind.
-PJ
Dems have been playing that game of starting the fight then playing victim. Much of their playbook is rooted in the seven deadly sins - greed, envy, sloth, etc.
Look at Antifa - a switcheroo if ever there was one. Justifying their hateful actions by claiming it’s because the other side is so hateful.
It’s not just you...
Good points.
I believe I have the strongest desire for revenge of anyone on FR. Everything is unsatisfying unless it culminates in revenge. A sad way of life.
I am the person the many forgiveness authors and Kimmel look down upon.
Dr. Thane Rosenbaum, author of Payback: the Case For Revenge and Gary Egeberg and Wayne Raiter, authors of The Forgiveness Myth might have compassion for me.
The Payback author would say everyone else hypocritically lets the state imprison people or give them the death penalty on their behalf as “justice” when deep down it is for revenge. And people don’t like to admit schadenfreude.
If someone argues with me, ask a few people what to do with people who habitually torture dogs or who rape and murder a number of young children. Then point out the details of how particular ones were victorious in court through technicalities or withheld confessions and evidence the judge rules on, or had a crafty lawyer get them off as they laughed at the losers in the courtroom.
Coda.
Never in my life have I actually gotten revenge. I end up doing something kind or virtuous instead. Probably why I still have sleep problems and ruminate about the past.
You saved me a lot of keystrokes.