* If tomatometer & audience score are within 5% of each other, you can trust the ratings to give you a decent indiciation of movie quality.
* If tomatometer is more than 15%+ higher than audience score, it means it's an artsy fartsy movie that critics like and movies don't.
* If audience score is 15%+ higher than tomatometer, it's a fun movie even if it's not oscar worthy. (https://www.rottentomatoes.com/m/old_school is a perfect example)
The show that always sticks in my mind as an example is HBO’s Watchmen, which has 96% with critics and 56% with the audience.
And example would be Dave Chapelles specials.
I can't actually think of any films that attracted the same foaming at the mouth as you see by conservatives.
Could that be because you are stuck in an echo chamber and experiencing confirmation bias? "The outrage is legitimate when we do it"