Anger

People on both sides of the healthcare debate are so angry because everyone believes that their own idea is correct. We usually become angry because someone challenges or insults us. By participants in the healthcare debate name-calling and using hurtful language to demean the other side of the issue, the opposing side feels challenged and insulted and returns its own angry words to show their anger. This starts a never-ending cycle of hurtful words hurled at everyone in the debate, resulting in a focus on emotions instead of the real issue at hand. Anger can cause you to act irrationally and result in saying things you do not mean. I believe that anger rarely accomplishes anything; I suppose that it may inspire you to work harder to prove your naysayers wrong, but usually, you just return the insults and lose control. The end result of anger is almost always both people involved left smarting from the painful altercation.