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>fuck civility and principles and let's be wild

I think this is lazy - in a way I want to agree, but it really feels like you're making the same move that the bookfair did a la "we're not actually responsible for anything that happens here."

Personally, I'm not excited to spend my time in spaces like the one you and they have described, because I think there's a strong tendency among some people (such as the oogles who indirectly blessed us with this very long discussion) to just turn that into "I can hurt people here and get away with it" or, in the case of the bookfair organizers, to say "I have no relationship to the people who come into the space I've created."

I have no interest in having to think about rolling into a bookfair with a crew because people might try to hurt me or steal my stuff because of perceived rudeness on my part, nor imagining an anarchist space where people are just strangers to people outside of their immediate crews a la the comment above which says A! wasn't disinvited, they just didn't care he was there (which, fwiw, seems disingenuous but w/e).

A lot of people use "wildness," "uniqueness," etc. in ways that just justify treating people badly and calling it anarchy. I agree that the oogles don't have to justify their actions (though at least some of them or their friends seem to be trying), no one does, but that just means they're being assholes and probably a great reason not to go Wisconsin in the future if this event happens again.