Can't argue with that mate. Been listening back to the old Xfm shows and podcasts and some of his behaviour towards Karl is awful.
The last good standup he did was Animals and Politics, everything since then has just been, as you say, bullying of minorities alongside old stuff from the Xfm shows.
Karl Pilkington's Sick Of It is the show After Life wishes it was, and that's a hill I'm prepared to die on.
The Office and Extras are both genius, but the real heart in them comes from the writing of Merchant.