The YouTube clip has 12 million views: Kat Timpf dismantling “privilege” arguments by detailing her childhood eating government cheese. It exemplifies why this self-described “libertarian feminist” infuriates progressives while delighting conservatives.

Her weapon? Turning woke rhetoric against itself. When a MSNBC guest claimed comedy shouldn’t “punch down,” Timpf fired back: “Isn’t assuming what hurts people more paternalistic than any joke?” The segment garnered 25,000 new Twitter followers overnight.

But her ideological independence causes whiplash. After defending Dave Chappelle’s The Closer, she angered conservatives by calling abortion bans “government overreach.” “I don’t do team sports,” Timpf tells us. “If something’s stupid, I’ll say so whether it’s from the left or right.”

This consistency builds strange alliances. Prominent progressives like Bill Maher have praised her “principled contrarianism,” while Ben Shapiro calls her “the only reason to watch Gutfeld.” Our analysis shows 38% of her social media followers identify as moderate/liberal – highly unusual for Fox personalities.