When angry conservative “alpha males” rage about liberals on social media just throw them a little Epictetus…
“Any person capable of angering you becomes your master; he can anger you only when you permit yourself to be disturbed by him.”
@thedisasterautist @jasonpaisley @cassandra17lina They like us angry, we’re more emotional and easier to sway with lots of passion and very little fact.
@thedisasterautist @jasonpaisley @cassandra17lina We are a nation that has been pushed to the edge by those who are supposedly working for us/representing us in our government, we are permanently pissed off. It’s our default setting. I think the difference is in how we handle it, whether we proactively respond, sit and bitch (my personal favorite) or throw gas on the fire.
@jasonpaisley: The fallback position I have found, whether it's men or women or others and liberals or conservatives or moderates, when it comes to that is some variation of "Well, why shouldn't I be angry?", "Well, somebody's got to do something!", and/or "I have freedom of speech, pal!" It also helps them out that "righteous anger" is always seen by whomever's vomiting it up as not only reasonable but wholly justified for whatever they're doing.
@cassandra17lina