dirtbag left
English
Etymology
Coined by Amber A'Lee Frost in 2016, now a co-host of the left-wing United States podcast Chapo Trap House.
Proper noun
the dirtbag left
- A left-wing political faction that eschews respectability politics to convey a more vulgar socialist message, emphasizing action over political correctness.
- 2018, David Block, Post-Truth and Political Discourse, →ISBN, page 121:
- The dirtbag left may be seen as a case of bourgeois pessimism moving from the more laid-back image of dinner party conversation to a direct engagement with right-wing activism and Democratic Party sell-outs.
- 2022 August 6, Hutchinson, Heather, “I'm Just a Rhetorical Dirtbag, Baby.”, in MacEwan University Student EJournal, volume 6, number 1, DOI::
- Another attribute of the Dirtbag left is its abandonment of the fossilized ideal of balance. Many don’t believe that any news outlet or political talking head is bias-free. Therefore, clinging to this illusion is not only pointless but potentially harmful.
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Usage notes
- Unlike dirtbag, this term is not usually considered derogatory.