They're not so personal (believe me, I can get really personal, and this ain't nothin'), but my posts oftentimes are fueled by the anger and resentment I feel when I'm being talked down to, that my actual physical experience means nothing compared to what some grad student reads in a book or fantasizes about. Yoshie is a crass elitist, though she dresses it up in faux populist colors (and not very appealing ones, either -- tone deaf and color blind, what a combo). She yaks on and on about what working people should do, how they should feel, and so on. Most times I ignore it, but sometimes it rankles me. As insane as the old PLers were, at least they took blue collar jobs in an attempt to link theory to practice, and of course recruit a few saps along the way. When Yoshie starts cleaning toilets, sweeping stairs and shoveling gravel, then I'll pull back, even though her political views are vanguardist in spirit, and an ugly spirit it is.
DP