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Do you separate the art from the artists? If no, are you strict about it or do you cherry-pick? (lemmy.world)

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[-] cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works 12 points 9 months ago* (last edited 9 months ago)

If I really like their art, I separate them. I have to, they're already rich. Why punish the innocent fans who found something that brings them joy?

Also, what a boycott says is "don't bother making any art if you think the public could turn on you some day". They made good art. They may have done or said a bad thing, but don't punish them for their good deeds, that's the part we want to encourage. Unless we want to take away their humanity, in which case the US prison system has that figured out already.

[-] MBM@lemmings.world 2 points 9 months ago

The flipside is that people get away with horrible things just because they're good at what they do. In doing so you're also missing out on good art, because there are actresses/scientists/whatever who don't want to deal with that

[-] cryptosporidium140@sh.itjust.works 2 points 9 months ago

For sure, I do draw distinctions between people who are abusive to others and people who have shitty political views. I don't write off people's humanity over most political opinions but I straight up can't watch Cosby anymore

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