Defense Contractors

There was a viral comedian set where this nepobaby guy does microaggressions at a clocky trans woman who reveals she works at a defense contractor but is also a self-identified leftist who was radicalized by working as a barista (but no, not at Starbucks, you bigot; it was at a local coffee shop). I've seen discourse transform over the last few days from "fuck you bitch", to "that cishet guy has no right to criticize a trans woman for something he wouldn't criticize another cishet man about", to "pointing out hypocrisy is a mark of privilege against marginalized people without a choice" (the woman in the video even says she sold her soul, as if her only choices were to work at the coffee shop or the defense contractor—has she tried applying to Starbucks?). If that sounds fucking exhausting, it is.I wanted to talk about how frustrating it is that 'leftist' discourse—mind you, I don't even self-identify as a leftist because I think most people who do are trying to distinguish themselves…