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cilla4progress

(24,589 posts)
42. Crap - I must be a MESS!
Sat Nov 2, 2013, 12:17 PM
Nov 2013

I am LIVING on this thread this morning! You really unleashed a torrent, 'girl! I think it is productive and certainly cathartic to have this space to vent.

Maybe we need a new group - the "anger" group?

How angry are we these days? [View all] redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 OP
I've seen and felt that same anger. Prices are going up, Arkansas Granny Nov 2013 #1
That it sums up - only difference kydo Nov 2013 #2
Hi to you in Florida Kydo redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #3
I saw an marked increase in general psychological dysfunctionality among people I worked with... Smarmie Doofus Nov 2013 #4
But this is where "D" numbers make a difference. The Majority Leader controls SharonAnn Nov 2013 #28
Blue D's Jamaal510 Nov 2013 #36
Another good question: How willing are the angry to channel that anger into GOTV? ancianita Nov 2013 #5
The sort of anger that I think the OP is talking about ... LisaLynne Nov 2013 #6
I am not violent redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #8
I didn't mean YOU are violent ... LisaLynne Nov 2013 #9
Thanks for that! redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #12
I understand that. Understanding is the booby prize. Anger isn't bad, it's how it's expressed that ancianita Nov 2013 #11
What brought this on was something I saw yesterday. redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #14
Understandable. You can see in that the unproductive uses of anger misdirected. ancianita Nov 2013 #17
Thankfully the police just talked with him did not arrest. redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #18
I've seen firsthand how police defuse misdirected anger. Your larger question is still important. ancianita Nov 2013 #24
Tragic. cilla4progress Nov 2013 #38
Addiction. cilla4progress Nov 2013 #33
I think government pacification, from PR to drugs, is always a bad thing. Freedom can't be ancianita Nov 2013 #39
Wow - you are a real truth-teller cilla4progress Nov 2013 #44
Thank you! ancianita Nov 2013 #46
An excellent question Andy823 Nov 2013 #30
Message auto-removed Name removed Nov 2013 #7
You ain't seen nothing yet. nt rrneck Nov 2013 #10
This new version of ourselves since the financial collapse. JaneyVee Nov 2013 #13
usually not so much hfojvt Nov 2013 #15
We need a "like" button here redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #16
My mood is pretty complex and continually evolving....during the Bush* years, I was irate NRaleighLiberal Nov 2013 #19
I totally relate PasadenaTrudy Nov 2013 #27
Y'know, this is really helpful to me. Thank you. cilla4progress Nov 2013 #35
I'm feeling it in myself and seeing it in others... magical thyme Nov 2013 #20
Honey, I want you to know that I hear you, cilla4progress Nov 2013 #40
thank you so much for this... magical thyme Nov 2013 #43
Me too. cilla4progress Nov 2013 #45
Personally, I think you're projecting your own anger... brooklynite Nov 2013 #21
Perhaps the failed business person has turned those feelings inward Mojorabbit Nov 2013 #57
She spilled to me at dinner this week brooklynite Nov 2013 #59
We all should be angry. mountain grammy Nov 2013 #22
I love you! cilla4progress Nov 2013 #41
Not angry enough... yet. ananda Nov 2013 #23
My anger entered the red zone in November 2000 NV Whino Nov 2013 #25
Thank you. I knew it wasn't just me. russspeakeasy Nov 2013 #26
Any contact with right wingers and their insidious BS raises my BP a few notches. Zorra Nov 2013 #29
Let me count the ways... L0oniX Nov 2013 #31
Totally...for all the reasons you say. cilla4progress Nov 2013 #32
Thanks! redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #34
Crap - I must be a MESS! cilla4progress Nov 2013 #42
I totally agree...everywhere you look has seen better times. joanbarnes Nov 2013 #37
This is one of the healthiest, cilla4progress Nov 2013 #47
I needed it after yesterday redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #49
I relate.. cilla4progress Nov 2013 #51
Angry enough. davidthegnome Nov 2013 #48
Cyberhug to you David.... redstatebluegirl Nov 2013 #50
Thanks davidthegnome Nov 2013 #62
I Was Yelled At By Security Guard @ Red Rocks otohara Nov 2013 #52
not angry enough Doctor_J Nov 2013 #53
It's life in a dying empire. roamer65 Nov 2013 #54
I think people in general have gotten more and more angry over the past 5 years. juanrodriguezn248 Nov 2013 #55
I am still boiling blood mad at Cheney and his lackey Dubya. Rex Nov 2013 #56
VERY angry DiverDave Nov 2013 #58
I am one of those 50 something year olds that lost a job Packerowner740 Nov 2013 #60
I considered it. davidthegnome Nov 2013 #61
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