Who is "allowed" to make criticisms feels very asymmetrical.
Here's a pattern I'm seeing. Some leftist (streamer) refers to people they dislike as "shitlibs," "libt*rds," and "sch*zos."
A leftist streamer is allowed to scream at people who are "too liberal." It can be directed at random people, such as college kids being interviewed on campus by a right winger. These students will be accused of being stupid liberals just for trying to respond to a right winger. Not liberal politicians, but students.
So it's ok for a leftist streamer to go after everyone they think is a "libt*rd," but it's not ok for a "liberal" to push back?
Natalie isn't a liberal, but even if she was. Why is it ok for a leftist to constantly degrade and insult random liberals, but it's somehow unacceptable for "a liberal" to push back? Should Natalie start calling people "shit commies" and "commie t*rds"?
Ironically, it's as if they believe liberals are supposed to go high when they go low. To just shrug it off and completely ignore it.
And obviously, Natalie is not a liberal (nor am I). But it feels apparent to me that some influential leftists can't take what they dish out. Natalie is hardly marching the aggressive energy that some on the left use against her, especially the criticisms that are truly uncharitable.
Also, let's be real. She's not criticizing random twitter users. She's incorrectly criticizing the leftist influencers who are too sensitive to take critique head-on.