Anger and educating the privileged
I realize that, lately, I am an angry person.
I read the news, I get angry. I read my blogs - most of which are political in nature - and get angry. I see things in my daily life that make me angry - hateful misogyny, self-serving racism, ruthless economic exploitation, and on and on and on.
On the one hand, I think that's a good thing - "If you're not angry, you're not paying attention" is a truth I live by. While I'm not glad that I'm angry, I'm glad that I have some sort of response to the oppression and mistreatment that goes on every single day in this world. I'm glad I notice at least some of all this, and that I have a visceral response that this world isn't right. If I can still feel outrage - and thus, a desire to change things - then I know I'm still human, and not totally numb or complacent.
( The world pisses me off )
x-posted to Shrub.com
I read the news, I get angry. I read my blogs - most of which are political in nature - and get angry. I see things in my daily life that make me angry - hateful misogyny, self-serving racism, ruthless economic exploitation, and on and on and on.
On the one hand, I think that's a good thing - "If you're not angry, you're not paying attention" is a truth I live by. While I'm not glad that I'm angry, I'm glad that I have some sort of response to the oppression and mistreatment that goes on every single day in this world. I'm glad I notice at least some of all this, and that I have a visceral response that this world isn't right. If I can still feel outrage - and thus, a desire to change things - then I know I'm still human, and not totally numb or complacent.
( The world pisses me off )
x-posted to Shrub.com