No, You Are Not Entitled to Your Anger
In the past few weeks we have seen the sobering shooting of four imminently innocent young people by angry, inadequate losers who feel their ownership of a gun makes them a bigger, better man. If you ring the wrong doorbell you get shot; if you start to get in the wrong car you get shot (not in the car, mind you, but in your own car after you apologize and hastily exit the car); if you pull in a driveway to turn around you get shot; if you chase a ball into the neighbor’s lawn you get shot. These shootings are not justified. Nor are they lawful. They are not even rational, but they are predictable. Each of these shootings were conducted by someone who has been radicalized by far-right drums beating out a constant beat of fear, anger, distrust and self-entitlement. Let me make this as clear as I possibly can: NO!!! You are not entitled to your anger. Period. Full stop. Grow up. Get over it. First, your anger it is based on a lie. If you spend your time ingest