The guy who discovered South Park’s creators was shocked by the new season as you were

The response gave South Park its highest ratings in years and garnered attention from a variety of news outlets, but it also divided the fandom, with right-wing fans seeing it as a betrayal of the show’s typical middle-ground approach to attacking extremism and hypocrisy on both sides. Meanwhile, many other fans felt this is exactly what South Park needed to be in an era where the White House is pressuring voices in the media to tow the line or pay the price with fines and/or cancellation.