Why ranting is important

Ranting, in my own definition, is one’s medium of expression through writing, art, speaking, etc of his or her feelings usually a negative one. In other words, it is one’s way of venting out his or her frustrations in any medium available to him/her. Every human being on this planet has at some point of his life or more, ranted. It is a fact of life. We rant about work, traffic, the government system, the social inequalities, food, the rich -almost everything. Things that we find not endearing to us, we just flustered and rant about it. But most of the time, we rant not because we wanted to hurt someone or hates the circumstances surrounding our cases (I state this reservation though). We rant because our own body calls for it. It’s like nature taking its course. We rant because we wanted to let the negative vibe out and thus, we wanted to feel better.

I am a newspaper junkie, both the hard copy and the online type. I read every page, sometimes even the ads. But my favourite section of the paper is the Opinion section. I love reading the free flow of ideas. The arguments and the counter-arguments of the author regardless of whether I am agreeable to that or not. I like it because of the outpour of emotion of the author and the way he conveys his opinion to his readers. It is just amazing. Sometimes, I am persuaded to agree even when I really don’t. I noticed though that most of these opinions are rants. It’s like everyday, especially in the political aspect of the society, they see the wrongdoings of the government and they just rant every single mistake of it. I am not saying that it is bad, in fact it is good that it is through these rants that we get to have a voice in our society. It is like getting socially and politically involved in a subtle way. My point is, in our dynamic society, it is important that we get to react to the changes. With that, it is easier to connect with one another and see how we could compromise. Without the ‘ranters’ or the ‘complainants’, we would never get evolved. And that is one aspect why I think it is good.

Thus, aside from the natural involvement of ranting is concerned, or stating in other way, that ranting is good for the heart, it is also one way of getting heard. With all the happenings in the world, particularly in some countries of the middle east where many of the people was and for some is trying to get involved in their society, I am in the opinion that it did all start from a rant.