General Discussion

But still his fans cheer him on as if he were insightful or wise.

And they tend to want it both ways: when his writers hand him a zinger, his fans praise him for speaking truth to power, like he's some unique dispenser of wisdom. But the other 99% of the time, when he says something fuckheaded, they say "he's just a comedian, so you can't hold him to academic standards."

I don't know that he should be banned from DU, per se, but he's not fundamentally different from other reichwing propaganda outlets that aren't allowed here.