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JimG
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Father Peter Stravinskas, in a rather lengthy piece, examines why so many Catholics in the media seem so angry. He would like for everyone to calm down!
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puer.dei
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That would be nice. And it would set a good example, too. Isn’t that one of the things Christians are supposed to do?Father Peter Stravinskas, in a rather lengthy piece, examines why so many Catholics in the media seem so angry. He would like for everyone to calm down!
Tis_Bearself
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I second this emotion.He would like for everyone to calm down!
Whenever someone of any persuasion is perpetually enraged, I tend to just turn my hearing aid off.
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Beryllos
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Rage sells.
Rage gets more clicks and views than reason. The major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) have algorithms that detect trends and put them in users’ feeds. This has had the effect of amplifying fear and anger in a positive feedback loop, while calm and reason are left to wither in obscurity.
Rage gets more clicks and views than reason. The major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) have algorithms that detect trends and put them in users’ feeds. This has had the effect of amplifying fear and anger in a positive feedback loop, while calm and reason are left to wither in obscurity.
Tis_Bearself
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On Facebook at least, if you don’t read rageful stuff you don’t get it in your feed.
I always make a point of hiding political posts unless they are funny, and my whole feed is pretty much cats and prayers. In fact, I have a hard time seeing my friends’ posts unless they post an animal, because they rarely show up in my feed, and I have to take myself over to their pages and read their output.
I always make a point of hiding political posts unless they are funny, and my whole feed is pretty much cats and prayers. In fact, I have a hard time seeing my friends’ posts unless they post an animal, because they rarely show up in my feed, and I have to take myself over to their pages and read their output.
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The rage is really disturbing but what is even more offensive is the constant push back against the authority of the Magisterium to teach, guide and lead. It’s an almost oppositional defiance disorder. And the irony of it all on top of it. They are so judgmental of people who don’t follow Church teaching but then pick and choose themselves.
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JanR
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Another reason why I don’t bother with social media.Rage sells.
Rage gets more clicks and views than reason. The major social media platforms (Facebook, Twitter, etc.) have algorithms that detect trends and put them in users’ feeds. This has had the effect of amplifying fear and anger in a positive feedback loop, while calm and reason are left to wither in obscurity.
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JanR
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Algorithms make decisions for us. Not a good thing.On Facebook at least, if you don’t read rageful stuff you don’t get it in your feed.
I always make a point of hiding political posts unless they are funny, and my whole feed is pretty much cats and prayers. In fact, I have a hard time seeing my friends’ posts unless they post an animal, because they rarely show up in my feed, and I have to take myself over to their pages and read their output.
If I want to talk to friends or family, I e-mail them, pick up the (land line) phone and talk to them, or visit them in person. Don’t need social media, don’t want it.
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jredden92
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Wrath/Anger is one of the seven deadly sins. So I think we need to pray for people who have “Catholic” rage.
Tis_Bearself
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That’s fine for you. Almost all my family are dead, and my friends are my friends largely because we like to communicate and get together on the Internet. I met most of them on the Internet. I don’t like to talk on the phone, neither do most of them, and most of us don’t live in the same state or even in the same country. When it’s not COVID out, we get together a handful of times a year.If I want to talk to friends or family, I e-mail them, pick up the (land line) phone and talk to them, or visit them in person. Don’t need social media, don’t want it.
Different strokes for different folks.
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Tis_Bearself
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This is an excellent suggestion. I usually also pray for God to please give me more patience while i’m at it. I rarely reach the point of "rage’, but I reach the point of being annoyed frequently.Wrath/Anger is one of the seven deadly sins. So I think we need to pray for people who have “Catholic” rage.
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Margaret_Ann
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There’s a difference between just and unjust anger.
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jredden92
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What are some examples of just anger? I thought it was written to “turn the other cheek” and to “love your enemies” in order to win everyone to Christ.
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Margaret_Ann
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Our Lord was angry at the money-changers in the Temple, made a whip and threw them out. It’s in the Gospel.
The irony is that so many of these raging internet Catholics are profiting nicely off the name of the Church. They are the very ones that Jesus tossed out of the Temple.Our Lord was angry at the money-changers in the Temple, made a whip and threw them out. It’s in the Gospel.
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jredden92
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That is a good point. So sacrilege is something to justly get angry about it seems.
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Margaret_Ann
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^^ (I ran out of likes.)
With consistency it would. Not forgetting that the worship of Mammon is just as idolatrous as any.That is a good point. So sacrilege is something to justly get angry about it seems.
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NevermoreLenore
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I know!! I hate when that happens…why is there any need to limit liking posts!?!^^ (I ran out of likes.)
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Margaret_Ann
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I can’t “like” anything for at least 8 hours (when I signed off last night it was 20 hours!).
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