Editor’s note: A version of this post originally appeared at Nuclear Unicorn.

By now word has spread far and wide through the various fiefdoms of social justice activism that a new conversation about rage and political practise is sorely needed, including a well-received piece by our own Veronica Bayetti Flores, and one I had written on my own blog. A noteworthy critique marshalled against my article and the others like it was that we are advocating “niceness” in lieu of robust advocacy. I cannot speak for my friends and colleagues, naturally, but in speaking for my own intentions, nothing could be further from the truth.

There can be no doubt that our political ...