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Is someone you know an "outrage junkie"? Do you enable them?

It might be time for an intervention of sorts. Outrage addiction is not pretty to watch, and it is detrimental to the addict's mental health.

Posted - August 19, 2016

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  • 2658

    Usually, they're closed-minded so after an initial contact, I'll 'nip in the bud.'   There is no reasoning with them..

      August 19, 2016 3:02 PM MDT
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  • 2758

    I beg to differ about it not being pretty to watch.  If you wanna see some fine exemplars of outrage addiction, go to YouTube and search for "social justice warriors."  That there's some funny chit!

    As for myself, no, I personally don't know any outrage junkies.  I try to surround myself with mentally healthy individuals. :-)

      August 19, 2016 3:04 PM MDT
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  • 1113
    I think there are many just on AM alone.
      August 19, 2016 3:11 PM MDT
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  • 2758

    OH yeah!!

    (NSFW)

      August 19, 2016 3:18 PM MDT
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  • 2658

    Indeed..

      August 19, 2016 3:21 PM MDT
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  • 2758

    We laugh now, but in ten to twenty years these pinheads will be in positions of power.  We are SOOO fekking doomed!

      August 19, 2016 3:34 PM MDT
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  • 8214

    Yes I know someone like that, ironic you should ask.  

      August 19, 2016 3:34 PM MDT
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  • 2758

    Ahh.  Good point.  I feel so much better now. :-)

      August 19, 2016 3:41 PM MDT
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  • 1113
    I think that in the future, people with a wide range of political views will be in power, just like it's always been. Of course there will be various forms of social progress along the way. These extreme examples will be tempered by practicality and common sense. I think the recent obsession with "SJW's" is just another form of outrage addiction, something for like minded people to point and laugh at.
      August 19, 2016 5:19 PM MDT
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  • 1113
    She needs to settle down.
      August 19, 2016 5:20 PM MDT
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  •  haha!

      August 20, 2016 12:20 AM MDT
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