One thing I noticed about rich people – they’re angry most of the time. Turks & Caicos 2014 starring Bill Nighy & Helena Bonham Carter & Rupert Graves & Ralph Fiennes & Ewen Bremner & James McArdle & Winona Ryder & Christopher Walken & Dylan Baker et al, director David Hare, her to him
‘When migrants were blocking the road in Calais in France I wrote, Just run the fuckers over.’ The Internet Warriors, troll, 2017
Who are the people who spend their lives debating online and when did the discourse become so polarised? Why do so many use the internet to threaten, harass, and stretch freedom of speech to its limits? And are they as angry in person as they are online? ibid.
‘It [Islam] has the same agenda as Hitler.’ ibid. troll
‘I hope Isis kill David Cameron.’ ibid. troll
‘Fuck you Obama u worthless motherfucker! ibid. troll
Independence Day is a celebration, an affirmation that the great experiment of American democracy is alive and well. There still endures here a deep love of country, a touch of the frontier, a belief in American exceptionalism. But all this obscures darker elements. There are centrifugal forces at play tearing the country apart. America: The War Within, Robert Moore reporting, ITV 2022
Tens of millions of Americans have lost faith in the voting process. And are bracing for chaos, even for conflict. ibid.
The anger has barely diminished. Donald Trump and many of his supporters across the country still believe the 2020 election was stolen. ibid.
Anger is an all-consuming fire that will burn you and everyone else around you. Where is the justice in that? Afeni Shakur
I spent 43 years of my life in anger and I know what it can do … Now I pray a lot. I do whatever I need to do to keep me out of that anger, out of that place where I can’t grow and be better. Afeni Shakur
We must recognize that anger only agitates and incites. It cannot squelch or satisfy the hunger for justice. Afeni Shakur