The problem comes in that there’s no clean way to promote a tainted subject. We aren’t out here talking about the (VERY) minor positive qualities in Hitler’s pre-politics paintings, or whether Ronald Reagan had decent acting chops.
There are plenty of other, less-massively-problematic comedians, artists, politicians, actors, and other public figures to promote and laud the work of that we really can just set aside the possibly decent contributions of otherwise bad people. It just doesn’t matter enough. Find someone cool who did a good thing and talk about that instead.
Is it promoting someone to laugh at an old joke? I don’t think anyone is saying this makes Dave chappel good?
I happen to be familiar with chappels work but let’s say I wasn’t. Am I supposed to get this random tweets sources before I laugh to check if I’m allowed to enjoy this artist?
The problem comes in that there’s no clean way to promote a tainted subject. We aren’t out here talking about the (VERY) minor positive qualities in Hitler’s pre-politics paintings, or whether Ronald Reagan had decent acting chops.
There are plenty of other, less-massively-problematic comedians, artists, politicians, actors, and other public figures to promote and laud the work of that we really can just set aside the possibly decent contributions of otherwise bad people. It just doesn’t matter enough. Find someone cool who did a good thing and talk about that instead.
Is it promoting someone to laugh at an old joke? I don’t think anyone is saying this makes Dave chappel good?
I happen to be familiar with chappels work but let’s say I wasn’t. Am I supposed to get this random tweets sources before I laugh to check if I’m allowed to enjoy this artist?
The net negative reaction my comment received suggests I’m not well-placed to respond to your question.
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Personally, I think ignoring that sort of complexity leaves you with a shallower understanding of the subject matter.
I wouldn’t say I’m ignoring it, but that I’m usually choosing not to publicly engage with it.
Hmm, that is fair