Why Are Conservatives so Angry?

 

A valid question.  Bathrooms?  Girls sports?  Taxes?  EVs?

A number of articles have examined this very topic.  Among them are:

From YES! Magazine - Why Conservative parts of the US are so Angry.

From The Star - We're not more Conservative - We're more Angry

From The Guardian - Why are US rightwingers so Angry - Because they know change is coming.

..... and many others....

Plus this comment that appeared on Facebook today:

Conservatives: your anger is valid. But it’s being hijacked.

You’re not losing your country because of “woke liberals.”

You’re losing it because the powerful need someone to blame — and they picked “them” instead of themselves.

Here’s how they fooled you:

>1. You feel like you’re being left behind — and you’re not wrong.

Wages suck. Everything costs more. Your job feels disposable. The world moves fast and doesn’t care how hard you work.

That’s real.

But the people who caused it? Aren’t drag queens or gender studies majors.

>2. They gave you a villain: “woke.”

They turned your real pain into a culture war.

Instead of fixing anything, they convinced you the problem is:

• Pronouns

• Trans kids

• College students

• Diversity

Why?

Because outrage is easier to sell, and it points the finger away from them.

>3. You’re angry at liberals because they look like the elite.

They have degrees. They read the news. They live in cities.

But those aren’t the people outsourcing your jobs, jacking up housing prices, or lobbying to keep your wages low.

The real elite are laughing — at all of us.

>4. You’ve been taught to hate what you don’t understand.

Not because you’re dumb.

Because fear is easy to sell.

Fear of immigrants. Of queer people. Of ideas you’ve never encountered.

And every time you get mad at “them,” you’re doing exactly what they want.

And it’s easier to throw hate at those you encounter in your community than billionaires you’ll never meet.

>5. “Woke” isn’t ruining your life — billionaires are.

They’re stripping your benefits, privatizing healthcare, making record profits while you fight each other online about bathrooms.

And while you’re arguing about flags or books, they’re buying your neighborhood.

>6. You’re not conservative anymore — you’re reactive.

You’ve been trained to respond to every issue with rage, sarcasm, or mockery.

Ask yourself: when was the last time you felt hopeful about a policy, a leader, or the future?

Because they don’t want you hopeful. They want you mad.

>7. The truth is: you’ve been lied to.

Not by your neighbors. Not by “the woke mob.”

But by the people who need your vote, your loyalty, and your outrage — to stay rich and powerful while your life stays hard.

>8. You deserve better.

You deserve healthcare.

You deserve a living wage.

You deserve to retire without fear.

You deserve truth, not distraction.

But to get that, you have to stop fighting the people who aren’t your enemy.

They told you the culture war was about values.

It’s not. It’s about control.

The more distracted you are, the less you’ll notice who’s robbing you.

And right now, you’re willing to hand them the keys to your poverty and cheering any libtards while you do it.

The OP was published on Threads - Brandon Weber