Anger Online Undermines Public Discourse

Townhall.com ^ | 7/15/07 | Ken Connor

[DCPatriot]

"A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control." --Proverbs 29:11

I call them "meanies," those men and women who spend their days spreading vitriol on the internet. Nameless, faceless, they lurk in the shadows of many websites and blogs, waiting for any opportunity to tear those with whom they disagree to shreds. With a toolbox full of putdowns and vulgarities, they work hard at trying to show that their opponents are not only wrong, not only stupid, but actually evil. Mean-spiritedness is not a new problem, but never before have "meanies" had such a public platform from which to spew their venom, and rarely has society been so willing to celebrate meanness and odium. The problem is so widespread that political parties and major policy organizations rely on meanness and anger in promoting their message.

[Weeedley]

Has anyone noticed we have a lot of bickering but next to no politically motivated violence going on?

Maybe all the hot-airing out is a good thing.

[Weeedley]

Has anyone noticed we have a lot of bickering but next to no politically motivated violence going on?

Maybe all the hot-airing out is a good thing.

[Weeedley]

Has anyone noticed we have a lot of bickering but next to no politically motivated violence going on?

Maybe all the hot-airing out is a good thing.

[MarineBrat]

Fifty cents says a picture of Rage Boy shows up before post 100!

[dfwgator]

Next time, try decaf. ;)

[whereasandsoforth]

Yeah, I’ve noticed. I don’t even want to kick your asp for the triple post. We’re all mellow.

[pissant]

The big difference of course, is that the MSM, including folks like Kurtz, pretend they are unbiased. When most are left wing activists based on their reporting and editorials.

[Revolting cat!]

When they are unable to discuss ideas, they resort to insults, here and everywhere. For example, try to tell the Hairy Potty fanatics that there are seven cliches and dead metaphors average per page in their 7 tome bible.

[SteveMcKing]

Reminds me of - "TALK RADIO... A PROBLEM WE HAVE TO DEAL WITH..."

[Weeedley]

When you puter pukes it comes in threes

[Weeedley]

When you puter pukes it comes in threes

[Revolting cat!]

Fuming difuses the fuse!

[Dianna]

Maybe all the hot-airing out is a good thing.

The nastiness was just fine with everyone-until WE started talking too.

[DCPatriot]

When they are unable to discuss ideas, they resort to insults, here and everywhere.

Amen!

[Revolting cat!]

"Hell is other people!" -- Jean Paul Sartre

[Constantine XIII]

“A fool gives full vent to his anger, but a wise man keeps himself under control.” —Proverbs 29:11

Quoted for Truth

[Weeedley]

There is always room here for a woman who knows how to run her mouth real good...

[Weeedley]

There is always room here for a woman who knows how to run her mouth real good...

[TalBlack]

“Yet, at one point, anger was seen as a passion to be restrained whenever possible. Self-control and self-mastery were considered virtues; a man who was quick to anger was seen as weak and unstable.”

Yikes! Where has this moron been?

Since the 60’s politically and the early 70’s culturally anger, outrage and just plain rage have been “justified” motivators to action.

It’s called (in the broad sense) death of the culture and it was predictable and predicted.