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monsieurxander t1_iu22is5 wrote

The controversy was excellent marketing. Suggesting that watching a television show makes you a bad person is basically a dare.

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Mookies_Bett t1_iug4y4w wrote

Plus, all the sanctimonious pearl clutching and tongue clucking in the comments makes people want to watch it out of spite. Sure had that effect on me. If there's one thing that pisses most people who aren't terminally online off, it's high horse moralizing from people on the internet.

See: pretty much any internet "boycott" ever.

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