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It depends somewhat on the transgression and how it relates to thr works. Cosby's "lovable american Dad" character is incongruous with the crimes he committed

It depends somewhat on the transgression and how it relates to thr works. Cosby's "lovable american Dad" character is incongruous with the crimes he committed and that really does diminish the work. Rosanne's charcter is flawed by design along with the rest of the realistic family. Throwing in racism (or stupidity, if she didn't intend it in a racist way) fits just fine with the character and does not diminish the great series that it was.

kstenerud 8y ago
Shouldn't that be a decision to be made by each consumer, rather than a mob of social justice warriors pressuring companies to prevent everyone from accessing it?
- writepub 8y ago
  I agree with your opinions, and sympathize with the chronic downvoting and excessive moderating meted out here. There's little difference between the left and right these days, they've moved so far extreme that their underlying philosophies have started to align. One such is mob like bullying of corporations, and hysterical outrage. Be it Nike & Kapernick, or __corp_advertizer__ and Ben Shapiro, tribalism and herd behavior have been amplified by the internet. That has unleashed baser instincts of retribution, and when network effects and scale do to retribution what they do to the viral spread and adoption of Uber or Facebook, all hell is unleashed on the afflicted, regardless of the gravity of their crime. The internet was supposed to free our minds, not pile-on the moderately guilty, at scales VCs salivate over.
  - kstenerud 8y ago
    This is mostly an American phenomenon. Outsiders tend to look on with bemusement, but it's actually a very serious problem due to America's historical ethical leadership (despite the failures), and their current global influence. Like it or not, their example has far reaching effects the world over. I just hope that they can get out of this polar ideological warfare mindset before it goes too far. They may have lost the moral high ground, but they're still far removed from a rogue state. There's a real danger from Russian cyber campaigns to divide and confuse. These are far more dangerous to national security than the IP theft China engages in. Certain nations would love to help America fall from grace.
- evgen 8y ago
  It is trivial for you to access it if you want to exercise your rights as a consumer by actually doing a bit of work. There is no requirement that third-parties need to assist you in this endeavor.
dmos62 8y ago
> Cosby's "lovable american Dad" character is incongruous I'd argue that it is congrous, but maybe in a different sense than you meant. It's in the very fabric of our culture to be two faced, because presentation is valued so much more than content. From that perspective, the rapist lovable american Dad is a cartoonish embodiment of this.
- api 8y ago
  American Psycho was the extreme satire of it.
  - dmos62 8y ago
    American Beauty is another popular satire of the same thing.
    - throwawaymath 8y ago
      Which is almost uncomfortably ironic, because Kevin Spacey was in a leading role in American Beauty.

kstenerud 8y ago

Shouldn't that be a decision to be made by each consumer, rather than a mob of social justice warriors pressuring companies to prevent everyone from accessing it?

writepub 8y ago
I agree with your opinions, and sympathize with the chronic downvoting and excessive moderating meted out here. There's little difference between the left and right these days, they've moved so far extreme that their underlying philosophies have started to align. One such is mob like bullying of corporations, and hysterical outrage. Be it Nike & Kapernick, or __corp_advertizer__ and Ben Shapiro, tribalism and herd behavior have been amplified by the internet. That has unleashed baser instincts of retribution, and when network effects and scale do to retribution what they do to the viral spread and adoption of Uber or Facebook, all hell is unleashed on the afflicted, regardless of the gravity of their crime. The internet was supposed to free our minds, not pile-on the moderately guilty, at scales VCs salivate over.
- kstenerud 8y ago
  This is mostly an American phenomenon. Outsiders tend to look on with bemusement, but it's actually a very serious problem due to America's historical ethical leadership (despite the failures), and their current global influence. Like it or not, their example has far reaching effects the world over. I just hope that they can get out of this polar ideological warfare mindset before it goes too far. They may have lost the moral high ground, but they're still far removed from a rogue state. There's a real danger from Russian cyber campaigns to divide and confuse. These are far more dangerous to national security than the IP theft China engages in. Certain nations would love to help America fall from grace.
evgen 8y ago
It is trivial for you to access it if you want to exercise your rights as a consumer by actually doing a bit of work. There is no requirement that third-parties need to assist you in this endeavor.

dmos62 8y ago

> Cosby's "lovable american Dad" character is incongruous I'd argue that it is congrous, but maybe in a different sense than you meant. It's in the very fabric of our culture to be two faced, because presentation is valued so much more than content. From that perspective, the rapist lovable american Dad is a cartoonish embodiment of this.

api 8y ago
American Psycho was the extreme satire of it.
- dmos62 8y ago
  American Beauty is another popular satire of the same thing.
  - throwawaymath 8y ago
    Which is almost uncomfortably ironic, because Kevin Spacey was in a leading role in American Beauty.