Haha. Yeah, I don't know, I personally love him, but I guess I can understand where a lot of you are coming from. You either love him or want to beat him over the head with something heavy. At first I thought his humour was just English humour, and so it was just a clash between cultures when he was first introduced to America and nobody really liked him, but I've discovered it's really not that at all.
I suppose I like him for quite a lot of the reasons everyone finds him irritating. I mean, his movies and his stand up are kind of mildly humorous to me, but his interviews are hilarious. Movies are scripted obviously, and stand ups are rehearsed and done over and over again, but in interviews when he's just being... well, Russell, I find he's very naturally funny. Plus, I love how he has a ridiculous hair-do, sense of fashion, is clearly quite loud and obnoxious, not the most talented actor, yet is very aware of it and is shamelessly all of the above. He makes horrible jokes about himself constantly, and in fact would probably concur with everything anti-Russell-Brand-ers have said, so far :p
Totally not arguing with anybody, by the way. I'm really not fussed about who hates him and who loves him.