I've been a part of south park communities on facebook, reddit, and others. I think real fans of the show can see past characters they dislike. For me Mr Henky episodes are the worst and I couldn't tolerate Towly until post Tegridy.
I had actually typed out the second post for my evolution of randy series but for some reason when I hit submit it disappeared so I probably wont feel like retyping it until next week.
The reason I'm starting with Randy Marsh is because he's become the most divisive character... and I honestly think that was deliberate and it's genius.
I think south park's controversy is evidence of it's relevance.
Also I created a Canadian group because for the most part I'm only interreacting with lemmy.ca and ignoring other instances.