{"id":8567,"date":"2021-09-07T03:26:00","date_gmt":"2021-09-07T03:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8567"},"modified":"2026-10-02T01:34:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-02T01:34:39","slug":"the-devils-cocaine","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/?p=8567","title":{"rendered":"THE DEVIL’S COCAINE"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Here’s a short and pointed quote from an author I enjoy, Andrew Klavan:<\/p>\n\n\n

“Anger is the Devil’s cocaine.”<\/p>\n\n\n

In other words, it’s addictive. People can’t get enough. And they need bigger and bigger “hits” each time to get the same high.<\/p>\n\n\n

I want to add “self-righteousness” to Klavan’s “anger”. I think they go hand in hand. Perhaps they are ultimately the same thing.<\/p>\n\n\n

And anger and self-righteousness are a big part of what is tearing our society apart right now. And the Devil is the dealer.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Here’s a short and pointed quote from an author I enjoy, Andrew Klavan: “Anger is the Devil’s cocaine.” In other words, it’s addictive. People can’t get enough. And they need bigger and bigger “hits” each time to get the same high. I want to add “self-righteousness” to Klavan’s “anger”. I think they go hand in […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-8567","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8567","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8567"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8567\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":8568,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8567\/revisions\/8568"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8567"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8567"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stevegrossblog.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8567"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}