"Dirtbag Left" from NYT column aimed at our rabble-rousing selves (clarified below)

[Grasswire2]

(Lots of people 'round the Internets don't know [as I didn't] about a podcast named "Dirtbag Left)


Can someone PLEASE PLEASE make buttons or stickers that say


DIRTBAG LEFT

??

[link:https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/29/us/politics/bernie-sanders-chapo-trap-house.html?smtyp=cur&smid=tw-nytpolitics|


Paywall, and image linking down. But you get the gist here.

"The Pied Pipers of the Dirtbag Left Want to Lead Everyone to Bernie Sanders

Many listeners would never repeat what these podcast hosts say. So why do they desperately want to hear from them?
Will Menaker, a co-host of Chapo Trap House, at a live podcast recording in Des Moines in August."

[Grasswire2]

1. The columnist is "Nellie Bowles"

Someone on twitter asked if that is a pseudonym for Bret Stephens. Haha.

[WhiskeyGrinder]

2. Do...do you know what the Dirtbag Left is?

[TwilightZone]

3. Uh, no. The term was originated by the Podcast to refer to themselves.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chapo_Trap_House

It's also meant to be ironic and has been around for years.

https://www.newyorker.com/culture/persons-of-interest/what-will-become-of-the-dirtbag-left

[Grasswire2]

5. really?

Well it hasn't gone mainstream enough for most of America to "get" that, considering the reaction I'm seeing.

[TwilightZone]

6. Just because you haven't heard of it.

Doesn't mean it doesn't exist.

Try reading the New Yorker article I linked. It might clear some things up.

It's from 2016.

[Grasswire2]

8. I'm not alone.

NYT is getting hammered on twitter for the phrase.

[emulatorloo]

7. Chapo Traphouse proudly call themselves "The Dirtbag Left".

Maybe you should delete your thread.

[Grasswire2]

9. well, no

Because I'm not the only one who hasn't heard of that particular podcast. So let's all learn.