big_fat_fluffy to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agoYou read an article, written by somebody you never met, accusing a person you never met, citing evidence you never saw. Now you feel angry at the accused person. What does that make you?message-squaremessage-square43fedilinkarrow-up115arrow-down150
arrow-up1-35arrow-down1message-squareYou read an article, written by somebody you never met, accusing a person you never met, citing evidence you never saw. Now you feel angry at the accused person. What does that make you?big_fat_fluffy to Ask Lemmy@lemmy.worldEnglish · 1 month agomessage-square43fedilink
minus-squarebig_fat_fluffyOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up1arrow-down4·1 month agoI’m not familiar. But ya, same idea. I’d attribute it to that willingness to believe, but I’d take it a step further. An eagerness to believe. An eagerness to enjoy the high of a good anger. Outweighing any loyalty to reality.
I’m not familiar. But ya, same idea.
I’d attribute it to that willingness to believe, but I’d take it a step further. An eagerness to believe. An eagerness to enjoy the high of a good anger. Outweighing any loyalty to reality.