[lit-ideas] Re: Max Boot and Anger
- From: "Judith Evans" <judithevans1@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Wed, 3 Jan 2007 17:19:22 -0000
Eric, yes, but (I suggest) only if it is actually translated into
action (of some kind)
directed towards the welfare of others.
I think Ursula's talking about anger that, on the whole, is not.
> Then there's the type of anger I am advocating. Because you
> disagree with my politics you don't see it as a positive
> thing, but let me translate it into something acceptable,
> like "anger at social injustice."
>
> This last kind of anger is very productive. Consider Teddy
> Roosevelt's anger at the conditions of the urban slums,
> Margaret Sanger's anger at the reproductive fealty of women,
> or Malcolm X's anger at the state of black Americans in
> his time. In all three cases, anger was a justifiable
> response to social injustice and motivated these individuals
> to seek change and effect it.
>
----- Original Message -----
From: "Eric Yost" <eyost1132@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: <lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Sent: Wednesday, January 03, 2007 4:53 PM
Subject: [lit-ideas] Max Boot and Anger
> Ursula: Emotions cause physical changes. Anger corrodes and
> long term anger corrodes absolutely. I see it every day in
> someone close to me.
>
>
> It could be that we are discussing several different types
> of anger. There's the DSM-IV explosive personality type
> anger. There's the anger that comes from unaddressed
> personal dissatisfaction, which may either be short term or
> chronic. Both of these are undoubtedly debilitating.
>
> Then there's the type of anger I am advocating. Because you
> disagree with my politics you don't see it as a positive
> thing, but let me translate it into something acceptable,
> like "anger at social injustice."
>
> This last kind of anger is very productive. Consider Teddy
> Roosevelt's anger at the conditions of the urban slums,
> Margaret Sanger's anger at the reproductive fealty of women,
> or Malcolm X's anger at the state of black Americans in
> his time. In all three cases, anger was a justifiable
> response to social injustice and motivated these individuals
> to seek change and effect it.
>
>
>
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