'All the Rage - There's no denying it, we progressives are angry'

[chaska]

Great read, here. Very cathartic. I've been meaning to post this for a while now. Hope you enjoy it as much as I did.

http://www.commondreams.org/views07/0314-27.htm

We can’t deny it any longer. There’s no point in hiding it, no point in trying to explain it away. Yes, it’s true: We progressives are angry. And we no longer care if the centrist, moderate guardians of the establishment scold us for it.

Our anger is not just some vague feeling whose source we can’t put our finger on. It isn’t based on absurd conspiracy theories and it isn’t illogical.

We’re angry because of what has happened to our country, because of how we’ve been treated, and because of the innumerable crimes the conservatives have committed. We’re angry at the president, we’re angry at the Congress, we’re angry at the news media. And we have every right to be.

Yes, we’re angry at George W. Bush. We’re not angry at him because of who he sleeps with, and we’re not angry at him because we think he represents some socio-cultural movement we didn’t like 40 years ago, or because he hung out with a different crowd than we did in high school. We’re angry at him because of what he’s done.

It’s true, we don’t like the fact that the most powerful human being on the planet is such a ridiculous buffoon that he can’t put two coherent sentences together without beginning to giggle and shimmy his shoulders. But we’re not angry because we think he’s stupid, we’re angry because he treats us as though we’re stupid. We’re angry that he lied to us, and lied to us and lied to us again. We’re angry that when he lies to us it isn’t because he’s caught up in scandal or got caught doing something he shouldn’t have, it’s part of a carefully constructed plan to fool the public.

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[Dammit Ann]

1. Thank you for this.

You are right, very cathartic.:mad:

[opihimoimoi]

2. Its gone contagious...most of the Nation is ANGRY...Disappointed, and want a return to SANITY

[chaska]

3. A-MEN!!! Holy crap, yeah.

[cascadiance]

7. Yes! We're ANGRY! We want a return to Sanity! Not Hannity!

Perhaps that's a bumper sticker slogan...

I was angry this morning too. Playing Pink CD in my car, but I repeated the angrier song after "Dear Mr. President" ("I'm Not Dead") more than "Dear Mr. President" then!

[porphyrian]

4. Fuck yeah. I've been pissed off since 2000. - n/t

[calimary]

5. Another great one! Yep. You BET YER ASS we're angry!

For ALL of the above-mentioned reasons. AND a "few" more.

Good post - thanks!

[beltanefauve]

6. K&R'd

Thanks for this. It was validating for me (not that I need any more validation) and worthy of an e mailing to both the Progressives and the "others" in my address book.

And the really sad part was that the list of grievances was not all-inclusive!

[tavalon]

8. To not be angry, nay furious,

makes no sense.

Fabulous and cathartic read. Thanks.