The Case of the Angry American

What are they so mad about?

Jessica Smith
Writers’ Blokke

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You only have to go on Twitter or Facebook to find these people. They are the angry Americans and they are ready to take their anger out on anyone who disagrees with them.

If you don’t take the bait, they will throw insults out at you. You’re fat, you’re ugly, you’re a horrible mother/father, etc. But why? Why are they so hateful and angry?

I have a theory. I don’t have evidence to back this up so it will remain a theory for now. However, I speculate that a lot of these people are really just insecure.

Insecurity And Hatred Fuels The Anger

They all seem to share a common trait, hatred. For what? It doesn’t matter. They will find something to hate, possibly something that makes them feel inferior, and spew that hatred for all to see.

Let’s take some current events as an example. To get vaccinated or to not. I personally understand the science of vaccines. I get how they work and study the data as it’s available to me. I “do my own research” as I’ve been told to do by anti-vaxxers. I suspect my research is a bit more thorough than theirs.

The difference is I trust the experts. I let them tell me what is true or not. I’m a reasonably intelligent person yet I don’t have the…

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Jessica Smith
Writers’ Blokke

Writer and mother. I write about whatever pops into my head. Relationships, Self, Mental Health, Parenting, Whatever. https://twitter.com/3282jessicah