Geoffrey MillerVerified account

It's a perfectly useful description, but is somewhat overused.

it is very dependent on context

There’s an appropriate use but it’s become a trite way of dismissing rather than addressing disagreements.

There's nothing wrong with the term. Grifters are a real thing, and a bad thing. But people tend to use it just to mean "someone I don't like making money doing something I don't approve of."

Too many dingbats use it to describe people they politically disagree with and who make money from their fans in a transparent way. Like so many other labels these days I don’t take it at face value anymore and wonder if the person using it is coming from a toxic place

Requires a high burden of proof, so decreases on average, esp with its prevalent use.

One of the most misused words on Twitter. What was meant to describe a type of confidence man has become a catchall term for anyone who has a divisive opinion.

Depends if they meet my preconceived views. Isn't that the way the world goes 'round?* *Missing John Prine