Great topic and great piece, Jerry. This really resonated. From unpacking in public and the position of welcoming meaningful discourse, but not at the risk of infecting the frequency.
I did a series on The Performance Economy which touches on the labels we use for identity and inherited frameworks we defend at all costs; even when we may not understand "why" we feel strongly about them. I feel like these two parts are in the same neighborhood of the goals in your piece.
Mark! "Not at the risk of infecting the frequency" is a line I wish I'd written. That's the whole infrastructure argument in six words.
Those titles alone tell me we're working the same territory from different angles. "When Labels Replace Logic" sounds like it's pulling on the same thread my friend pulled when he told me he no longer understands the term MAGA; the label outlived the logic behind it. I'll read both tonight and come back with thoughts.
Great topic and great piece, Jerry. This really resonated. From unpacking in public and the position of welcoming meaningful discourse, but not at the risk of infecting the frequency.
I did a series on The Performance Economy which touches on the labels we use for identity and inherited frameworks we defend at all costs; even when we may not understand "why" we feel strongly about them. I feel like these two parts are in the same neighborhood of the goals in your piece.
Part 1: When Labels Replace Logic
https://marxatlas.substack.com/p/when-labels-replace-logic-the-illusion?
Part 2: When Debate Became Performance Art
https://marxatlas.substack.com/p/the-performance-economy-part-2-when?
Mark! "Not at the risk of infecting the frequency" is a line I wish I'd written. That's the whole infrastructure argument in six words.
Those titles alone tell me we're working the same territory from different angles. "When Labels Replace Logic" sounds like it's pulling on the same thread my friend pulled when he told me he no longer understands the term MAGA; the label outlived the logic behind it. I'll read both tonight and come back with thoughts.
Appreciate you connecting these.