I'm a writer. About 20 years ago, I had a book come out that pissed off a lot of people. It was a bad time for me, as I was being hounded around the internet and being blamed for something over which I had no control.
At a New Year's Eve party, a judge friend told me something I've never forgotten. He asked me why I was so down (I had also just lost a dear friend to cancer - the onslaught online was just piling on).
When I told him, he laughed. "I'm a lawyer. You want to compare attacks?"
Then he told me: "Half the reason your publisher is paying you is because you give some people something to ***** about. For them, THAT is entertainment."
I watched Felger and Mazz for the first time in years the other day (I hate anger-porn talk radio, as I know people in the industry and they willingly and happily admit that their entire business plan is to piss people off and/or rile them up - you want to know why a sports mouth or a political/cultural mouth will say something so obviously wrong? Because his job is to get the lines to light up with people who will correct him.)
Now, go read the draft threads.
I rest my case.