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Parallel to freedom of speech is freedom of association. The consequence to exercising your right to free speech is that other people might decide you're too ho
by jcranmer 5y ago
Parallel to freedom of speech is freedom of association. The consequence to exercising your right to free speech is that other people might decide you're too horrible a person to work with.
Consider this hypothetical situation. Imagine your favorite actor comes out with some really, really horrible political views, like women should be the chattel slaves of their male guardians. For a lot of people, even maybe you yourself, discovering this about a person is going to heavily color your views not only of him but of other things he does, and you're not going to enjoy seeing films he stars in any more. Since the film studios aren't idiots, he's going to be essentially blacklisted from any future roles. There's the consequences.
- mc32 5y agoThat's on the individual level and that's okay -that's our right as individuals. Institutionally it should be different. Otherwise we'll have to ban those actors who might be sympathetic to the communists. As an aside, most "creatives" have deep problems that would make them horrible people to participate in life with. Sure, I might completely disagree with Sean Connery's attitude toward women, for example, but that will not diminish my joy watching his movies. You have to separate the character from the actor and the art from the artist.