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1. hermit+US[view] [source] 2025-05-19 21:55:57
>>dale_h+(OP)
I found it hard to reconcile his charming and witty comic strips with some of the ugly things he wrote elsewhere. I would never usually throw a book away, but I made an exception for one of his books, because I didn't want anyone to see it on my bookshelf and I didn't want to give to anyone else.
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2. 2muchc+Ue1[view] [source] 2025-05-20 00:58:42
>>hermit+US
People aren’t just one thing. They can be right about one thing and wrong about other things.
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3. thephy+Oh1[view] [source] 2025-05-20 01:31:04
>>2muchc+Ue1
We already know that.

The more interesting question is: what do we do with the art of people who were revealed to be terrible? I first saw people wrestle with this idea for Michael Jackson and recently it has been a big issue related to Kanye West.

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4. mrtksn+rv1[view] [source] 2025-05-20 04:12:17
>>thephy+Oh1
Understand and it and celebrate the art when acknowledge the shortcomings of it creator. A lot of great creations, inventions and discoveries are made by otherwise insufferable assholes. Kary Mullis, the inventor of PCR is known to be a prime one. You can’t stop using PCR in biology just because the character of the person who discovered it.

Many painters, singers, composers and CEO’s are known to be horrible people. Unless they are actively harming humanity with the power they acquired, this is nothing more than a curiosity that is only relevant for people around him.

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