General Discussion

that triggers your anger, especially when you have sone idea that it's going to do that -- like, say, the headline or lead-in -- then, yes; you choose the option to be angry.

Even on political social media, we do it all the time: we don't stop reading when we feel the anger start to rise. Rather, we plow ahead because we love an argument, regardless of its effects on us. More accurately, we love to win an argument, to be right, to have the last word.

(I use "we" quite loosely. There are people who just won't engage anyone who opposes them, for whatever reason. But, if you find them at DU, they're in the Lounge.)