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Why are you so angry?

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Jun 05, 2024
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"Why are you so angry?" My brother-in-law Jerry asked me this over 25 years ago. He said it nonchalantly after I was talking about politics or something that I thought was important at the time. It hit me hard. I didn’t think of myself as an angry person, but he stopped me cold with that one question.

Jerry's question has stuck with me ever since. He doe…

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