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Having watched TNG without being influenced by the community. I agree that his character starts pretty obnoxious, but I always got the sense that the point of his character was that his inclusion on the ship as a kid raised by this future world was just as "alien" as Data or Worf. Then again, it was also obvious that he occasionally got completely brain bonked for some episodes in order to make him the naive child of the group.
In early development, Dr Crusher originally had a daughter named Leslie Crusher. The point of that character wasn't very well-defined before she was turned into a brilliant male wunderkind named Wesley by a man whose full name was Eugene Wesley Roddenberry. In other words, the point of the character was that an aging egomaniac wanted a self-insert character whose traits are that he's special, he's a genius, and that he's frequently misunderstood and let down by all the dolts who surround him.
I see it this way too now. "What does this culture do with this situation?" - and all jokes aside, pretty good chance some of the answers to that snuck in subliminally, that influences how I parent. Haven't watched too much in 20+ years, but it's there.
But yeah nonetheless, I do understand the annoyance folks have with the lad.