I think you have an overly broad or ungenerous (is this what the cranky kids call “bad faith”?) definition of “performative”? “Bullshit minutia” is pretty subj

I think you have an overly broad or ungenerous (is this what the cranky kids call “bad faith”?) definition of “performative”? “Bullshit minutia” is pretty subjective. If my hippy friend says “the govment should ban chemicals in foods”, arguing about what “chemicals” mean is not bullshit it’s critical information for a fact based argument. If anything ignoring facts and logical minutia could be called performative, since then your words matter less than your saying <anything> that tickles feelings.