Everyone involved in online social justice--on any side, no matter what they call themselves--is a dishonest morally bankrupt grifter who only cares about their cause to the extent that they can farm clout by selling outrage. “The personal is political” may be true, but also pretty convenient if what you really want to do is talk about yourself and judge other people’s behavior. Robin DiAngelo is a grifter. Taylor Lorenz is a grifter. Alyssa Mercante is a grifter Everyone who works for Vice, Vox, Kotaku, and every other clickbait site is a grifter. Every terminally online wokescold trying to prove that they are more queer for Palestine than their peers is a grifter.

This is all kayfabe. People don't watch the news or go on social media to become informed, they tune in for the emotional high of feeling righteously aggrieved and the illusion of having meaning in their miserable and empty lives. Pretend to care about our cause and we'll manage your emotions for you. You can be a part of the Resistance and defeat Trump and Trumpism by subscribing to my Patreon.

Everyone knows that it is bullshit, but you can never say so out loud or you'll get cancelled. So everyone keeps pretending that the things that don’t make sense make sense, they keep pretending that clicks are the equivalent of politics, and they keep pretending that they believe things they don’t to avoid the social consequences of telling the truth.