In fact, most activists in our culture strike me as being like this, even activists for causes I support. It’s the unwillingness to see their cause as one of many. It’s the inability to recognize that we live in an imperfect world, and compromise is necessary. It’s the unwillingness to see things with proportion and perspective, and to see that your opponent may have legitimate beefs with you. It’s utopianism and rigidity that thinks of itself as principled and fearless. It’s the strident, hectoring, intolerant moralism that turns into anti-intellectualism, because to debate and to discuss implies, to their minds, that their claims aren’t absolute. You see where I’m going with this. It’s so exhausting, being p-d off all the time about everything. Dante wrote about how the blinding effect of Wrath. Wrath does not characterize all of feminism, but it seems to me that it powers feminism, just as wrath has come to power movement conservatism, and other movements and causes. Wrath can never be satisfied, because it feeds on itself. And wrath is hard to counter because it is taken by those who wield it in ideological combat as a sign of the purity of their own hearts. ~ Rod Dreher Anger seems to be the predominant emotion in todays public discourse, and I wont say that theres not a reason for it in many instances. It is vital, however, that anger, like fire, be controlled lest it consume you rather than your opponent. There are elites out there whose sole purpose is to stir our emotions until we boil over - some because they have no other weapon in their arsenal, others because they are so intent on the destruction of their enemies that they cant see the walls collapsing in on them, and still others because their goal is destruction and then reconstruction on their terms. Dont be deceived. I take no credit for this - all the glory goes to Jesus Christ for the life lessons that showed me a path to inner peace - but I can honestly say that I harbor no anger toward anyone, and if I am ever angry, it is a fleeting emotion. Anger clouds my mind and heart, and I need them both fully engaged to confront the times ahead of us.
Posted on: Fri, 16 May 2014 01:33:40 +0000
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