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Anger displacement

Friday, August 28, 2015 19:20
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Maetenloch at Ace of Spades decided to write today about anger displacement.

This is why people often end up being the nastiest to the loving people around them since a) they're close at hand and that's so much easier than having to track down the real target b) it feels so good to rage at and insult someone – anyone – even if they had nothing to do with the cause of the rage and c) deep down the ragers know that their chosen targets will take it without any real consequences. The fact that this kind of anger displacement is so easy, satisfying, and mostly cost-free is why it's such a common human failing. And when there's no cost at all you get the cesspool of internet comment sections.

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Source: http://bobagard.blogspot.com/2015/08/anger-displacement.html

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