Along with revenge narratives, how often do you get angry? Specifically, how often does the news tick you off? Esquire and NBC revealed the statistics of their joint survey on American rage. One of the most interesting statistics, "Half of all Americans are angrier today than they were a year ago." And white Americans are the angriest of them all. Here is a summary of how they see life, "From their views on the state of the American dream (dead) and America's role in the world (not what it used to be) to how their life is working out for them (not quite what they'd had in mind), a plurality of whites tends to view life through a veil of disappointment." The first question in the survey is "About how often do you hear or read something in the news that makes you angry?" The top three responses are: 37 percent once a day, 31 percent a few times a day, and 20 percent once a week. In total, about 88 percent of all Americans are angry at least once a week.

Possible Preaching Angle:

Looks like we need a little dose of —"Whoever is slow to anger has great understanding, but he who has a hasty temper exalts folly."

Source:

Esquire Editors, “American Rage: The Esquire/NBC News Survey,” Esquire (1-3-16)