And as Richard Hofstadter wrote at one point, that fear is natural in American discourse when people - or is a natural expression in American discourse when people see something threatening their social position or their social situation.

NPR: Health Care Debate: Why So Much Yelling?

The ease with which his expression resolved into hatred made it clear that anger was his default position.

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But the initial expression of rage typically comes from people who really do have some fear of a loss of their social position or fear of a loss of their social status because of some change that they see occurring and a change they see as threatening them.

NPR: Health Care Debate: Why So Much Yelling?