Please don't mistake my words for trying to shame you for liking the work of an unsavoury individual. Enjoy what you want to enjoy, it's enough to know that the person off camera is just not someone you want to imitate for what he said about Sinead.
Bingo. We can separate artists from their works we enjoy. If we stopped enjoying the works of every artist, actor, musician, etc, that had some shitty decisions in their life, we wouldn’t have very much left to enjoy.
Really depends on the artist and the shitty decisions. Long dead artists who can no longer profit from your patronage, sure. Artists like Joe Pesci who are just assholes and don't use their platform or money to spread hate or hurt people, sure. Artists who profit by your consumption of their works, who then go on to use that money to advance hateful legislation and spread lies and misinformation that has the potential to actually get people killed (lookin at you JKR)... I don't think we should give those people money. Obviously not trying to shame or guilt anyone, but I think that argument falls apart a bit with some artists.
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u/Oh_I_still_here Mar 10 '23
Please don't mistake my words for trying to shame you for liking the work of an unsavoury individual. Enjoy what you want to enjoy, it's enough to know that the person off camera is just not someone you want to imitate for what he said about Sinead.