Re "As Stakes Rise, More Parents Are Directing Rage at Coaches" (June 28): The Massachusetts Youth Soccer League was plagued with the problem of irate parents harassing volunteer referees and worse.
By directing rage against the government, by preventing politicians from heeding the overwhelming demands of their constituents for broader background checks, by endorsing Donald Trump's plan for mass deportations and bans on Muslim immigration, the N.R.A. has assembled a volatile case against the idea of coexistence and then disavows the result when it explodes.
Hearing that controversial documentary filmmaker Michael Moore directed Rage Against the Machine's "Sleep Now in the Fire" makes perfect sense, right?
Most citizens of Beslan direct their rage at the Chechen terrorists but also, increasingly, at the Russian government.
Though he is an oil magnate these days, Prabowo tried to direct mass rage and frustration against foreigners who are "pillaging" Indonesia.
Later, loyalty to the nation-state performed a similar function, and international Communism managed to direct class rage into utopian projects.
I knew we had to do everything possible to persuade our members to direct their rage in a united way at the pit closure plan and its threat to butcher our industry.
"The concern is that it continues to create a climate, an atmosphere, in which we look at a certain group of people, in this case the Latino community, as a group towards which we can direct our rage, our anger, and even violence, as we have seen," he said.
Therefore, it doesn't matter whether it is against neo-colonialists or Gaddafi or the BBC, that brotherly bond which ethnocentrism and savagery rarely allow us to enjoy, suddenly waxes strong when there is someone against whom to direct our rage.
If you're looking for a reason to be angry this Monday morning, I'll do you one better with a reason for anger and a target toward which you can direct that rage.
