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by 0xcde4c3db 3296 days ago
> Anger is not a primary emotion. It is a secondary emotion. It cannot exist without thought. This is fact.

No, it isn't. That's just a particular framing of one kind of cycle that can happen. While it might not be typical, it is absolutely possible for anger to occur first, with the thoughts that "prompted" the anger actually occurring as a rationalization afterward. Human brains are amazingly adept at quietly generating plausible bullshit to fill in gaps that would otherwise cause dissonance.