Venkatesh Rao@vgr"Rudeness" is an interesting fixation in honor culture. Ritual insult contests in ceremonial conflict settings + polite nothings in conversational settings = never let words do any actual work. All work to be done by violence.nytimes.com‘You Are a Rude, Terrible Person’: After Midterms, Trump Renews His Attacks on the Press (Published...At a tense White House news conference, the president lashed out at CNN’s Jim Acosta and repeatedly told other reporters to “sit down.”9:13 PM · Nov 7, 20184 Retweets15 Likes