both Vaush and people like the chapos are considered part of the 'dirtbag left', but I don't have nearly as many problems with CTH as I do vaush. What separates the two? my theories are that people like xanderhal and Vaush seem to take marginalized groups for granted and advocate for power structures in society, but the chapos have seen through the veil of neoliberalism.
Yeah as mentioned here "dirtbag left" is a combination of leftist beliefs and using vulgarity to punch up at those at the top of the power structures. Civility is the language of liberals and the privileged while vulgarity is - and always has been - the language of the people. It has nothing to do with ideological content - the staff at Jacobin and the hosts of Chapo Trap House both have the same political views, but Jacobin has the aesthetic of the New York Times while CTH sounds like four guys in a beer hall.
Take how Jacobin and CTH engage with liberals like Mayor Pete. Jacobin would write a 2,000 word article detailing the flaws in Pete's healthcare plan. CTH would talk about how he's a sexless dog killer. Jacobin would criticize Bill Clinton by writing about the deleterious effects of welfare reform, while CTH would put up a graphic of him with Jeffrey Epstein and riff on his time on pedophile island. Both of these approaches are valid - they have different audiences - but the trademark of the dirtbag left is using vulgarity to punch up.
This is VERY DIFFERENT than people who use slurs or constantly punch at minorities or LGBT people or whatever. Vaush isn't "dirtbag left", he's an edgelord who uses ethnic slurs and says "god this leftism shit would be so much easier if trans people didn't exist ughhh." That's punching down, not up. Dirtbag leftism requires both vulgarity and punching up. If you're vulgar but don't punch up, you're just an asshole. If you punch up but aren't vulgar, then you're not dirtbag. Vaush isn't a dirtbag, he's an asshole. Liberals can't tell the difference between Vaush and CTH because what liberals care about is civility and decorum rather than ideological content.
There's a relevant Current Affairs piece, "The Necessity of Political Vulgarity" that explains this better than I can: https://www.currentaffairs.org/2016/05/the-necessity-of-political-vulgarity