Dick is a retard with the emotional control of a 12 year old girl, he wasn't faking it during his Anti-sjw days he just understood they were making shit comics(still are). Now he just believes that Critical Drinker and co. Can sink a movie with a review(they can't) but he's obsessed with that idea.
You can tell he was always ernest by the fact that even now he will still occasionally shit on mags vissagio and Joe glass, why? Because he decided that he hates them and needs an emotional and ego boost on occasion to convince himself he's not an embarrassing failure.