Will Menaker, who grew up in the Upper West Side and whose famous editor parents landed him a cushy publishing job after he graduated from Skidmore, does not get to be High Priest of the Left.

My violent, perennially unemployed dad died when I was 12, my mom currently lives in a trailer, and my brother works at a body shop. I've lived a more working class life than anyone within three generations of Will Menaker. He can shut right the hell up with his bullshit.

Since this is blowing up my mentions: At some point someone has to stand up to the shitty leftists who are holding us back from a broad left movement with their cliquey, exclusionary garbage. If not you, if not now, who and when?

Okay, one last thing: if you, like me, are an academic, consider supporting grad student unionization by becoming a dues-paying member of AFT Academics. https://aftacademics.org/