In support of the rage of man

[bennyboy]

Poor bennyboy. You're the real victim, as usual.
You're just trying live better and folks are being to mean to you.
 
Let's forget that up until a few pages ago you were campaigning for others to start accepting acts of violent, uncontrollable man-rage as "natural" and thus, men should not be made to "feel bad" or be punished for it; Lest we find ourselves subjected to even more violent rage on account of men like you becoming "frustrated" at not being granted the freedom to shit on others without consequences, of course.

LMFAO....The little games of psychological manipulation and emotional blackmail that work with your wife, aren't gonna work out her in the wild, benny.
You ain't paying anyone's bills, and no one's in love with your ass.

You are mixing things I did said with things I'd never say. Yes, I'm saying I think that male rage is a feature of our species, and is therefore natural. No, I'm not saying that we should accept violent acts. I didn't say men shouldn't feel bad about losing control of their emotions. I did say that demonizing men who lose control will not be effective at causing them to gain control-- I said that it's likely to aggravate the situation.

The point of this thread is that rage is a part of the evolutionary make-up of the species, and that you can't define it out of existence by demonizing it. I think it's so common that it cannot be defined as dysfunction-- though it is certainly counterproductive given the goal of living peacefully together in a civilized society.

As for psychological manipulation or emotional blackmail-- you seem to be projecting something, there. Wanna talk about it?

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What's the difference between the rage of man and the rage of woman?

Feeling justified because you think women are shit?

I think it's much more likely that a man rages because he thinks HE is shit, though he's unlikely to frame it that way. In my case, there's definitely a self-loathing that goes back to childhood, and there are other issues as well-- depression, suicidal thoughts and so on. There's definitely an animalistic feeling of being trapped or caged in certain situations. Sometimes, I think that prison might be the right place for me, even though I haven't really harmed anyone yet.

Maybe it's just me. Maybe, as Gae says, I'm just a loon. But I don't think so-- I think it's a lot more common than the radio play it gets, and I feel there's a lot of gain to be had in trying to discuss it honestly.