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Would you object as strongly if it had said that he was a really nice guy? Would it be more or less honest a retelling of history if this was ignored or left o
by misnome 2y ago
Would you object as strongly if it had said that he was a really nice guy?
Would it be more or less honest a retelling of history if this was ignored or left out?
TFA is clearly not discounting the work because of it, and probably nobody would good-faith argue that personality was always decoupled from work? In which case how much you care is just a POV?
- daseiner1 2y agoI would. I'm not advocating white-washing here. My point is that this piece is not about artist biographies. For this sort of piece, I don't care if he was a serial adulterer, a volunteer fireman, or a local hero, and think that inserting those details is an unnecessary thumb on the scale.
- ssklash 2y agoI'm not sure why you think your personal opinions about mentioning that a well-known racist was in fact a well-known racist matter, and why you think you have some sort of say in another person's blog post. This "scale" that you think the author is putting their thumb on does not exist. They are writing on their own personal website.
- daseiner1 2y agoThis is a discussion site, which has a comment section. My initial comment, which I think was quite even-handed, has generated discussion. My personal opinions matter just as much as yours or any other user on this site, which in the grand scheme of things is "not at all". I have just as much of a right to comment on this post. Ignore me if you'd like. But fine, I'll bite. To temporarily eschew the equanimity that I think I've thus far demonstrated, I'm not at all surprised to find that you have chosen the "shut the fuck up" response to commentary you find distasteful. Folks of your temperament, left/right/& center, invariably land there when one of their sacred cows is held up for examination.