Weedston a 29 year old writer from Bothell Washington penned an article for The Establishment recently which argued that the show helped lead to the rise of the alt right The piece How South Park Helped Empower the Alt Right grabbed my attention enough that I decided to call her up and see why exactly she thought Kyle Cartman and crew led us to Richard Spencer 4Chan and Charlottesville Our conversation edited lightly for length and clarity is below 