It's because he makes more money in a single show than most people make in five years. There's plenty of artists I dislike but I don't get wound up with people liking other artists or disliking things I like, but then I'm not an insecure moron with no sense of self. If people want to make derpy claims they're free to do so, and if they want to hold opinions based on what opinions other people hold they're free to do so, doesn't make any odds to me. There's stuff I see every day, and have seen in this thread, that I think is irrefutably and objectively wrong, but I'm not actually going to get anywhere by telling people that so why bother?

I will say that I believe one of the most pernicious attitudes in the modern arts and entertainment world is that everything has to have some deep meaning to be worthwhile, or that there is some inevitable and immutable contradiction between profit and provocation, or that showmanship is not in itself rich with potential to be completely awesome.