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There are various criteria used by any person's psyche (psychological processes) that will determine whether anger gets repressed or not. And, of course, if the anger is large or huge the probability that it will be repressed decreases and the likelihood of acting-out increases. Why is that? Read More
From what I am reading on the
From what I am reading on the internet Nidal Malik Hasan's seemed to have a problem with dealing with his identity, his commitment to the Army and being a Muslim. According to what I had read he claimed to be Jordain and Palestinian.
Life did not give him what he expected. No wife no kids. I imagine he lacked accountablity and wanted to blame everyone else for his problems. He worked himself into a frenzy and attacked with what appeared to be no remorse.
Agreed
I basically agree with these comments, although I would emphasize the ideological component much more. This is a person who identifies with a group that has, at its fringes, a clear ideological justification for mass murder of infidels. He chose to affiliate himself with a religious ideology that sanctions and even celebrates such violence. Let us not kid ourselves about the role of this man's religious beliefs in motivating his behavior. Yes, his rage is all too real, but the ideology gave him justification for the expression of that rage in the form that it took. This is not a random act of violence, but is a deliberate act of violence performed in response to the callings of a very dangerous and destructive belief system.
Kellerman's blog entry on the Fort Hood violence.
Yes, this is a good comment. I've referred to it directly in my blog entry in analyzing the issue of how anger and ideology is linked to acting-out and violence, to wit: "If the strength of the anger is stronger than the strength of the resilience of the person, then the anger is likely to be acted out. This is true even under the rationalized or intellectualized condition of seeing oneself as a messenger of goodness or justice. In such a case the acting-out is given 'permission' and the consicousness of the anger, although felt, is rather held in virtual state while an intellectualized ideological rational takes over that okays the acting-out."
The key idea that the Dr. Vee and I both share is what he states in his comment: "Yes the rage is all too real, but the ideology gave him justification for the expression of that rage..." That's very well put. And I also agree with his direct definition of how a destructive belief system can motivate violence.
Henry Kellerman
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