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Grasswire2

(13,579 posts) Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:06 PM Mar 2020

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

(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."

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"Dirtbag Left" from NYT column aimed at our rabble-rousing selves (clarified below) (Original Post) Grasswire2 Mar 2020 OP

The columnist is "Nellie Bowles" Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #1

Do...do you know what the Dirtbag Left is? WhiskeyGrinder Mar 2020 #2

Uh, no. The term was originated by the Podcast to refer to themselves. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #3

really? Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #5

Just because you haven't heard of it. TwilightZone Mar 2020 #6

I'm not alone. Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #8

This message was self-deleted by its author Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #4

Chapo Traphouse proudly call themselves "The Dirtbag Left". emulatorloo Mar 2020 #7

well, no Grasswire2 Mar 2020 #9

Grasswire2

(13,579 posts)

1. The columnist is "Nellie Bowles"

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:10 PM

Mar 2020

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

WhiskeyGrinder

(22,566 posts)

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

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:11 PM

Mar 2020

TwilightZone

(25,551 posts)

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

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:13 PM

Mar 2020

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

(13,579 posts)

5. really?

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #3)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:20 PM

Mar 2020

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

TwilightZone

(25,551 posts)

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

Reply to Grasswire2 (Reply #5)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:22 PM

Mar 2020

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

(13,579 posts)

8. I'm not alone.

Reply to TwilightZone (Reply #6)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:39 PM

Mar 2020

NYT is getting hammered on twitter for the phrase.

Response to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Grasswire2 This message was self-deleted by its author.

emulatorloo

(44,289 posts)

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

Reply to Grasswire2 (Original post)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:31 PM

Mar 2020

Maybe you should delete your thread.

Grasswire2

(13,579 posts)

9. well, no

Reply to emulatorloo (Reply #7)

Sun Mar 1, 2020, 02:41 PM

Mar 2020

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

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