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Why Is Everyone (Who Doesn't Care About Politics) So Angry?

Has anyone noticed the rage on social media? Twitter is known for its anonymity, so people hide behind this and fire of shots at people they've never seen before. This is safe. The Twitter community also seems to share common bonds, much I assume, like online dating creates. You get to know someone's likes and dislikes and decide whether they're your friend. This is a comfortable place to chat, debate, and defend yourself and your ideologies. Facebook? Facebook is an entirely different animal. Facebook has political posters like myself and, well, everyone else.

So why are people on Facebook, who show no interest in politics, so angry all the time?

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You name it, they're livid about it. Sometimes it's directed at individuals, other times at everyone involved, but lately, I've noticed that the same people are mad at everyone, all the time. Some hide it well, but their anger comes out at the drop of a hat. The scary part and I don't go out often anymore, is I'm seeing it in real life. Friendships ruined over a single argument. People almost coming to blows over parking spots or a blind spot in their car. I talk to friends who have watched lifelong friendships dissolve over a difference of opinion.

As us "Social Justice Warriors" say, THIS IS NOT NORMAL.

I used to be a very angry person. I still get irked, bother, incensed, and yes, even furious, but I've learned that if I treat people like they treat me, it'll end up in some biblical situation where we're all blind.

And Karma. Idiots, stop misusing the word. It's not someone who wronged you getting theirs. It's not revenge. It's not payback. It's how you lived your life, and every life before that, creating the world you live in now.

So if you are constantly wishing karma on someone, guess what? Your anger isn't because of them, it's because of who you are, and who you always have been, and were, in this and every previous life.

Hey, you can always join political battles and get out your "She took the last Tickle Me Elmo" rage on Republicans or Democrats, or as I like to call them Russians and Americans.

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