These guys are charlatans. These lying idiots have absolutely no shame in misleading you, and you are falling for it.
“Oh, it’s just entertainment. Oh, it’s just opinion. Oh, you shouldn’t take them seriously.”
No. Absolutely not. I refuse to give them a pass. We have to stop normalizing this behavior. Ethics matter. Character matters. The truth matters.
"If you keep telling people it's bad to lie, I'm going to change my political views! *harumph*" is an impressive self-own.
"Don't tell people not to lie or I'll become an extreme right winger" is a bad idea. It's a stupid thought. If you share that thought, you will be made fun of. But it's not because you shared it in a bad way. It's because it's a bad idea.