Vice’s early political edge was one man’s personality given editorial free rein

Evidence

Inspired by Jim Goad’s The Redneck Manifesto, McInnes embraced atavistic views on gender, sex, and race, which he funneled into Vice. After 9/11, he became a self-proclaimed “Western chauvinist,” positioning himself against liberal inclusivity and sensitivity. A former staffer described Vice’s early 2000s content as “largely an extension of McInnes’s psyche.” — W. David Marx, Blank Space, 74

Categorization

• XREF: Connects to the reader’s interest in the pre-conditions of omnivore monoculture: the personality-driven transgression that later flattening wipes out.