A is for Anger.

Anger, the physical manifestations of frustration.

Fear leads to anger,
Anger leads to hate,
Hate leads to suffering,
This is the path to the dark side.

Resentment and hatred that has manifested in way that is both scary and sad.
Like a beast that feeds on the living souls.
It subsists on lies and untruths to sustain it life-force.

Because the Ego-preservation requires that our actions that we cannot reconcile must be justified by all and any means necessary. When it happens that, that too is insufficient, we are left with a huge gap between our ideal-self and actual-self image. The mind repudiates such an inconsistency. Anger is the only solution left for a mind that will not accept reality. The bigger the discrepency, the worse the manifestions of anger.

There must be some huge discrepency going on for the things I have seen and heard.

Shock is replaced by disgust, but is quickly replaced with pity. For that must be some significant chasm that requires bridging.