There's a feeling I sometimes get, a craving to be in the middle of It. It is kind of like the Supreme Court's threshold test for obscenity, you know it when you see it.
It has a distinct flavor, equal parts chaos, adrenaline, and noise. A feeling of being alive and present in its most immediate sense.
It is a preacher yelling "Everyone without guns get in the church!"
It is a man laughing and hollering "Thank you Hong Kong!" as he fends off pepper balls with an umbrella.
It is National Guard on the left, Oath Keepers on the right, and LMPD coming up hard behind.
It is unpleasant and exhilarating, too much and not enough.
It is proximity to danger and the dangerous freedom that comes with it.
It is hope and fear, rage and despair.
It is humanity at its most foul and fair.