[2][3] While the essay does not directly use the term dirtbag left, it mounts a defense of politics that uses "vulgarity as a tool for fighting the powerful", citing libelles used to slander Marie Antoinette, Cohen v. California, and N.W.A's protest song "Fuck tha Police", among others.
[3] Beyond Chapo, media outlets that have been linked to, described as, or identify with the dirtbag left include the podcasts Street Fight Radio,[6] TrueAnon,[7] Red Scare,[8][9] and Cum Town;[10] the publications The Baffler and Current Affairs;[6] and internet streamers like Hasan Piker.
[19] Writer Amanda Marcotte argued that the ideology is linked to "that male privilege of intimidating people into assuming you're cool" and comparing it to the television series Jackass.
"[6] While right-wing misogyny often gets more attention, academics note that toxic masculinity within the dirtbag left has led to harassment of women and even resulted in a statement by the Democratic Socialists of America about sexism in its organization.
[20][page range too broad] Amid a resurgence of dirtbag left humor around the start of Trump's second presidency, writer Peter Rothpletz suggested that Democrats should use it as a new way to criticize Republicans.