Annette -- Righteous anger is what we call anger that we wish to justify. Whispering to the one who is doing harm probably won't accomplish much. It probably also won't escalate the hurting behavior as anger is likely to do. There are a lot of options other than anger and whispering, like stating objection and disagreement firmly and directly and strongly without anger. I'm not saying I'm good at that, but I've gotten better, and I do very much believe in it. Anger isn't necessary. Gandhi, of course, was the great model of this.
On Nov 12, 2013 david doane wrote :
Annette -- Righteous anger is what we call anger that we wish to justify. Whispering to the one who is doing harm probably won't accomplish much. It probably also won't escalate the hurting behavior as anger is likely to do. There are a lot of options other than anger and whispering, like stating objection and disagreement firmly and directly and strongly without anger. I'm not saying I'm good at that, but I've gotten better, and I do very much believe in it. Anger isn't necessary. Gandhi, of course, was the great model of this.