Either Way, This Is Not The Answer | Ask DS

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<p>Then there is the stuff that does harm the community—a corrupt politician who tries to overthrow the rule of law, discrimination, violence, pollution. This stuff happens, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ivNbF5xBKaM" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">it’s the definition of injustice.</a> But again, <a href="https://dailydad.com/do-you-know-what-you-look-like-angry-2/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">anger is not the right response</a>. Not because these things aren’t upsetting, but <em>because they are bad remedies to the problem.</em></p><p>When the community is at risk, with justice at stake, we need our wits about us. It’s here that we need to be most controlled, most in command of all our faculties. We can be angered at what is happening, but we cannot afford to respond in anger. We need to be rational, strategic, patient, courageous, creative (as well as <a href="https://dailystoic.com/youve-just-got-to-keep-going-back/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">forgiving</a>, <a href="https://dailystoic.com/how-to-be-free/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">empathetic</a>, and <a href="https://dailystoic.com/you-always-have-the-power-to-resist/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">nurturing</a> in the way that our many emails have highlighted about the brilliance of the Civil Rights activists). <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-SR1yqo0NLk" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">We need to bring our <em>best</em> to fight the <em>worst.</em></a></p><p><strong>YouTube: </strong><a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8hmX7RPyYo" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong>https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O8hmX7RPyYo</strong></a><strong>]</strong></p><p><strong><em>If you’re serious about being your most controlled self when the stakes are high, then check out our </em></strong><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/anger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>11-day Taming Your Temper Course</em></strong></a><strong><em>. It’s full of Stoic practices to defuse your anger in the moment and will help you find constructive outlets for your emotion—freeing you to work on fixing those problems that stoked your anger in the first place. </em></strong><a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/products/anger" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><strong><em>Learn more here</em></strong></a><strong><em> and conquer your anger today!</em></strong></p><br><p><strong>✉️&nbsp;Sign up for the Daily Stoic email:&nbsp;</strong><a href="http://dailystoic.com/dailyemail" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">https://dailystoic.com/dailyemail</a></p><p>🏛 Check out the&nbsp;<a href="https://store.dailystoic.com/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Daily Stoic Store</a>&nbsp;for Stoic inspired products, signed books, and more.</p><p>📱 Follow us:&nbsp;<a href="https://www.instagram.com/dailystoic/" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Instagram</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://twitter.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Twitter</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.youtube.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">YouTube</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@daily_stoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">TikTok</a>,&nbsp;<a href="https://www.facebook.com/dailystoic" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Facebook</a></p><hr><p style='color:grey; font-size:0.75em;'> Hosted on Acast. See <a style='color:grey;' target='_blank' rel='noopener noreferrer' href='https://acast.com/privacy'>acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.</p>