> And the question you then ask yourself is whether becoming angry made things better? [...] The point isn’t that nobody should ever feel anger or that anger is

> And the question you then ask yourself is whether becoming angry made things better? [...] The point isn’t that nobody should ever feel anger or that anger is never an appropriate reaction to a situation. I think certain interests are using young people as their minions. They understand that young people are impressionable, and to a large extent are easy to manipulate. With little effort it's very easy whip up anger, frustration, anxiety, whatever you want. On the surface it seems to work: anger = action. "Look, we mobilized a large crowd! we're fighting $causedujour". However the excitement eventually wears off, with now lots of angry and upset people, and a cause that they can't really fix easily. Feeling manipulated is pretty hard to accept, especially for someone who considers themselves an educated and progressive person. I remember the Oberlin College Bakery incident. The administrators were very aware about having rigid control over the students as if they were some mind controlled zombies. (quote from [1]: Raimondo reacted to Copeland's statement in a private text message: "Fuck him. I'd say unleash the students"). I always wondered how students felt afterwards, did some realize, perhaps years later, they were used? Can't imagine that being a great feeling... [1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson%27s_Bakery_v._Oberlin_College https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gibson%27s_Bakery_v._Oberlin_C...