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Editorial: Political rage is meaningless unless followed by realistic action
['Mei Dennison', 'The Ithacan']
The Ithacan
Political rage, for the sake of this argument, is this feeling of extreme political discontent, and it can manifest itself in many ways.
In Generation Z especially, political rage is commonly expressed through social media posts.
In “Rage as a Political Emotion,” Mustafa Dikeç describes political rage as representing “a politics that makes space to manifest self-determination and demand equality.” In this sense, political rage is not some meaningless emotion, but rather a legitimate response to the systematic failures of our country that will result in change if channeled properly.
Dikeç specifically calls the civil unrest protests that urban communities engaged in after the killing of George Floyd at the hands of the police as an example of political rage being harnessed by a community to demand equality.
Channelling political rage in a meaningful way is key for a functioning democracy.