Being well-mannered and gracious and kind are things that I value really highly.
As a songwriter and musician, it strikes me that in music, a certain territorial nature when it comes to one's own autonomy around life and art is common and understood.
I'm really bad at being nonviolent.
The world is a violent child none of us will get to see grow up.
There doesn't seem to be a lot of stance from the outside of that world to disagree.
Go ahead and do what you're doing.