What they're *really* angry about is feeling that they don't matter anymore. That their voices, their concern, their values, their livelihoods, and their very lives and existence don't matter or count. Like their being run roughshod over. They feel at risk of becoming the new century's underclass, the n******, and they don't like it. Can they really know what they're really angry about if what they think and say they're angry about isn't even real? What's going on is that they have to try and make their fight sound like it's about something noble, like patriotism, the fight for freedom, liberty, or the vulnerable. Because what it's really about they're ashamed to say out loud because it makes them seem weak and pathetic. They're saying, "See me. Acknowledge me and my right to exist and have a say." That sounds weak, so they put on a show of bravado. It's common bully behavior. Hit first and talk loudly before someone n...
There was a small contingent of online "researchers," but now they were joined by millions more who suddenly had nothing better to do but be online in on social media. They were already anxious, angry, suspicious, and now they had people ready to plug them into the conspiracy mindset and groom them. It's heady, it makes you feel smart and special. You get the idea you've come across secret knowledge, little known information.
I had to do a lot before I could begin to write this, did more continuously through the writing process, and will no doubt continue to do so for as long as I draw breath. Unbecoming is a prolonged and arduous process when you have much to dissect and atone for. The self-examination took a good six months. It took that long to locate, identify, assess, and then purge my thoughts and my system of the bile and venom. Of the attitudes and characteristics that weren't serving me or others well. Sharing and opening up about this is the hard part. Being this transparent is difficult. But it's also cleansing and necessary. I have felt a sense of great shame, and had to sit with it for a long time. Still do at times. Shame comes in waves. But, at the same time, I'm mindful of the fact that just sitting in shame is a but of a copout. When you've screwed up really badly, there's a lot of reparation work to do. There's karmic debt to repay, and one begins to atone and set ...
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