True. I suppose I'm expecting anger should be based in some kind of logic and I don't get their's.
@Smokin Joe
Well,
@skeeter , If you recall your Star Trek, The Vulcans eliminated emotion because it isn't logical.
Now, that was fiction, but in it is that shred of truth.
Anger isn't logical.
That's not to say that within the thought processes of the angry there isn't some form of logic, but in their tunnel vision, anything which would deprive them of the flux of anger--a 'high' almost as powerful as an adrenaline response, and partly composed of that (in groups, combined with a feeling of belonging, and a sense of group superiority) is just plain evil and part of the problem.
Keep in mind, that in that narrow focus, these people believe they are the only ones who
know the
true nature of the world's problems--and the solitary cause of those problems, be that cause an individual or a group of people, there is a sense of logic--a 'logic' which falls apart when subjected to all the facts ignored to determine the scapegoat(s) are deserving of whatever evil can be made to befall them.
It's a sick and twisted thought process, often with an apocalyptic 'solution' to the 'problem', but never burdened by any sense of doubt that it is the only one which knows what is going on, the only one which knows who is responsible (and
never accepting any responsibility itself), and the only one(s) who can 'fix' it.
For all practical purposes, we'd refer to a single person who exhibited those characteristics as a nutcase or some sort of sociopath. We'd see a group of them, religiously following a single leader as a cult, and a whole crapload of them as a political party.
Now, there isn't anything wrong with knowing the world's problems (kind of a downer, but still...) There isn't anything wrong with knowing who is to blame (really, we all are, to some extent). As for being the only one(s) who know the solution, now you're getting into rough terrain. Sometimes, on a small scale in the big world, you just might be (The only one who knows the solution--so share it!), but on a global basis, anyone who could solve all the world's problems has a far higher likelihood of being crucified than elected a leader.
At least that''s the way it has played out so far.
Admittedly, the end of that story (still in progress) is apocalyptic, too.
