yes; this is why many writers who are not progressive at all will market themselves as progressive. it's a great marketing tool because mainstream orgs love (a) punching left and (b) "contrarianism". (see Bari Weiss, just for starters.)
The easiest way to end up in the NYT Opinion section is to be someone they perceive as “progressive” arguing that progressives actually have to capitulate to the right on x issue
Noah Berlatsky
So @nytopinion.nytimes.com ?
Why the hell was Zaid Jilani, who has ZERO professional expertise or experience on abortion, given space to write about it in the New York Times?
It's not just wrong, it's insulting.
We've won doing everything he says not to do.
We don't polls. We have actual votes.
