Matthew Thieret (Edison Inro to Soc.) The Five Stages of a Deviant Group Part 2: Anger

There are a lot of things for a nerd to become angry over. A favorite show could be cancelled. A wonderful video game series being botched. A bad movie version of a favorite fanchise could be shoved out be Hollywood. But much of a nerds anger comes from being a part of a deviant group. Unlike the other steps five steps of this griefing process, anger is one that seems to pervade every other step rather than being its own. But the feelings of anger towards society start soon after a deviant realizes that they can not deniel their status any longer.

But before I talk about legitimate deviant anger, let’s talk about the societie’s perception of this anger. This mainly manifests itself as a Coloumbine additude. The idea is that the people who play such “ultra violent” (I’ll address that in a second) video games lose conception of the real world and the world of the video game. The player or viewer is desenitized to violence because it surrounds them. This is quite rediculous. As was said on the first day of class, kids are less violent than ever, probably due to the increase in information sharing that shows the consequences and stupidy of fighting or crime. When we talk about someone who is desentized to games, it has to be understood that this is a mental problem and not one caused by a game. If a person cannot tell the differentiate between the real and the fantasy than that is either a chemical imbalance or a result from some sort of trama. As for the description of video games being “ultra violent”, I can tell you from experiance that most movies and even movies shown on t.v. are much, much more gory and realistic than any game that can be created now.

So what does a nerd or any deviant group have to be angry about? The anger ultimatly stems from exclusion as the name implies.  A nerd becomes angry when they cannot participate in the social groupings that are considered normal. Wether that be parties, social groups, or general attention, a nerd ofter feels left out for not real purpose or meaning. Why should they have all the access to social status? What’s wrong with me and what’s so right with them? Everyone at the end of the day is a social being. It is built into our programming. So when a nerd is denyed this basic human resource, it gererates anger in the same way as watching people eat when you are starving.

Anger can also come in the form of observation. This happens with any deviant group. As outsiders, deviant people often have a different perspective and view from that of everybody else. This view turns a bright and revealing light on the problems of the “normal people.” Hypocrascy and stupidity can be seen in many of thier actions. This can go on until the anger directed at deviants because they are different is couple by the anger felt by deviants towards the norms. But as I said, anger isnt much of a step as it is blanket covering this process. After a nerd gets rid of denial they turn to bargaining.

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