Vijaya Sundaram

Poet, Musician, Teacher, and Amateur Visual Artist

What Makes Me Angry

What Makes Me Angry
June 1st, 2016
By Vijaya Sundaram

  • The abuse of children, whether emotional, physical, or sexual
  • Slavery of any kind
  • Racism, and the self-congratulatory attitude of those born to the dominant race in whichever country they are in, who believe they have a divine right to lord it over others
  • Sexism in any direction, men to women, or women to men
  • Ageism.  The worship of youthfulness and the young in most countries has reached absurd levels.  Those who are older feel cast aside, disrespected, disdained.
  • The use of religion to justify narrow prejudices
  • Abuse of power by those who have it, be they politicians, parents, teachers, friends, or siblings
  • Wealth inequality, and those who believe they earned their wealth with no help from those who helped make it happen
  • Wastefulness (including my own)
  • The justification of inexcusably evil acts of war
  • Those who deny that Climate Change is Real, and therefore do NOTHING to help save this beautiful earth

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In response to The Daily Post’s Daily Prompt: Angry