in my opinion the piece is pretty generous to theo, who i agree is a simple guy who likes to crack jokes! but i'm not really the one lumping him in w/ nelk or the paul brothers, he does that himself by going on their podcasts (and vice versa). as the piece says, just because he's not a dipshit himself doesn't mean his audience isn't mostly dipshit-americans of the kind trump is trying to reach.

as to your second question, the article serves to educate readers regarding the number of words in the "controversies" section of various streamers.