This pretty much says it all.

What's a guy to do?

In today’s “civil” society, how can anyone constructively release built up frustration and anger without risking landing in jail, getting sued and/or losing your job? I’m asking because everyday I’m exposed to more and more of the ignorant, repressed, self-indulgent, self-righteous, ill-logical, egomaniacal masses. And it’s getting harder and harder to climb up above what these people are shoveling. This may sound a bit judgmental and elitist in and of itself, but hear me out.

We’ve got the Religious Right constantly trying to impose their brand of right and wrong upon every aspect of our lives, regardless of our own beliefs. We’ve got the American Corporate mentality that has forgotten the needs and desires of all but the highest echelon of their hierarchy. And we have a federal government that has worked primarily for themselves and the rich and powerful, paying only lip service to the needs of the middle and lower classes.

I perceive countless examples of bias, injustice and hypocrisy at my job, in my city, in the news and throughout the country, literally on a daily basis. The management at my job shows me and every other worker bee little more than passive-aggressive abuse, disrespect and/or neglect. Corporate greed is driving up prices on everything, which hurts the middle and lower classes the most. The government keeps passing laws that protect the interests of whatever lobby lines their pockets the most. And self-righteous groups and activists are constantly working and fighting to force everyone to bow to their particular point of view.

I can’t be the only one that is being driven mad by all this, am I? And when the frustration builds up to a boiling point, what can I do? If I’m in public, I can’t loose my temper and just scream at anyone or I risk being arrested for any number of lame reasons. No physical violence, just yelling. At work, where I need to de-stress the most, I can be disciplined or even terminated for doing the same thing.

And why is that? Because in our “civil” society, with it’s delicate sensibilities, we aren’t allowed to display any extreme or intense emotion. We can’t make a scene because some thin-skinned individual might feel uneasy, uncomfortable or offended by what we have to say. We can’t point out that what someone is doing is unjust, when they are being a hypocrite or that what they say is not entirely true, even when everyone around us knows it. Simply put, we’re not allowed to call bullshit for what it is. It seems like everyone would just rather sweep it all under the rug, let it slide, don’t make a fuss and forget it ever happened. Why!? What are we afraid of? It’s maddening!

So all this goes back to my original point. Each frustrating instance is yet another straw on this camel’s back. When the stress gets to be just too much I’m not allowed to hit, punch or kick anyone (no matter how deserving they may be). I can’t even beat on an inanimate object without risking serious repercussions. I can’t loose my temper and just yell at anyone (because that would be improper, I guess). And I refuse to get into drowning my woes with alcohol, drugs or any number of other destructive behaviors. Soooo…

Seriously, what’s a guy to do?