He doesn't -sound- too terrible, but I don't do NPR and never read his stuff. Why is he terrible?
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South Park wears its "This is just a cheap as shit cartoon we made in a week" snark armor (snarmor) proudly but if you as a critic of the show say "Matt and Trey are dumb grifters who are making their fans stupid" the fans launch the whole smarm arsenal (smarsenal) at you
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"You're just jealous because you could never make something nearly as popular and lucrative as South Park" comes up ALL THE TIME The exact same thing happens if you criticize, say, Gawker media's legacy, or the Chapo boys
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I mean to be clear here I namedropped Daisey because I do think he's a pretty important encapsulation of the distinction: dude went to Shenzhen and then fabricated an entire one-man show about being the great white savior of exploited Chinese manufacturing employees and then (+1)
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(cont) threw an absolute tantrum online when Ira Glass investigated his claims after putting his program on the line to vouch for him and discovered he made up literally all the meaningful details Because "his heart was in the right place" and he was just trying to "make change"
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