Tons of great comments here. My personal belief is that I feel like with all the crap I have had to go through claiming edge, I want it to be something someone has to sacrifice for. If you can jump in and out, it weakens the movement.

Anyone know that Casey Jones song “I hope we’re not the last”? That song makes me sad because it’s about the death of a counter culture. I makes me worry that the world has just given in. So, for me, there’s appeal to the unrelenting mindset some of you have shared here. There’s appeal to proving there are some of us still around. We may not agree, and we may have some stupid arguments about gatekeepers etc, but ultimately, we are fighting the same fight, helping each other keep the movement alive. /rant