Is South Park smarter then it looks?

A lot of people especially the older crowd give adult cartoons a bad rap. They call it stupid and Immature and refuse to watch it. The way south park is designed though appeals to a wide range of intellects it seems that those in the middle abhor the show the most.

The stupid viewer is amused by the graphic nature of it all, the gross ick factor, talking poop, pooping out the mouth, the anal consumption of gerbils and Paris Hilton. They enjoy the features that the middle demographic complains about, the median person may already be insecure in their intelligences and they refuse to watch the show because they are afraid that they might actually like it, or they are too smart to be amused by vulgarity and not smart enough to see the subtle nuances of the show.

Maybe I'm just a stupid person who is trying to defend why I like south park idk.

When I watch it with friends I find myself laughing alone from time to time, and then I get confused looks that practically ask me "What are you laughing at?". When I watch at home my mother begs me to change the channel, never even giving it a chance. I wish she would though, I mean I sit with her through her boring cop shows all five of them. How many times you can re-do the criminal investigator plot before it gets old.