One thing that has changed, I think, is how people handle anger.
I was taught, as were many in my generation, that when I feel angry I should stop, take hold of myself, calm down -- because speaking or acting in anger nearly always yields regrettable results.
Now, it seems to me, people feel that if they are angry the whole world should know about it, and know about it while the anger is still hot. And it doesn't seem to matter, really, what caused the anger, or whose fault it is. It is the ANGER itself that is burnished and put on public display.
But, then, I am old and perhaps my view is skewed. I did learn, long ago, and have said before, that many people find more emotional gratification in having problems than in solving them.
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