I found this a personal setback, that I've wanted to make some apologies, and I found it not to produce anything helpful politically. I also found that those who expressed a lot of rage in public were often the same way interpersonally, ironically making life harder in their own group

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and perhaps there were some fights worth having, which others were too polite or to complacent to get involved in. still, I feel I overvalued rage, sometimes giving myself excessive permission to express it, and sometimes taking too seriously or aspirationally others who constantly expressed it

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these discursive norms did need some renegotiation, or even just re-articulation, if their value and force is not communicated effectively to people who need to be in the conversation. and you could ask whose "growing up in public" is sanctioned and accommodated rather than condemned

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a "woke 1" argument which I saw a lot: that discursive norms, as well as the policing of affects, produced epistemic injustice. who is it easier to write off as toxic, infantile, superstitious, etc? so far so good, but the takeaway was often a crude reversal: that it's brave to be rude

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you unfortunate mfs outside chicago know about buddy guy ? learn about him in grade school? came and visited your chicago grade school ? go to his restaurant ? you know about that?

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