• BlackSheep@lemmy.ca
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    18 days ago

    The first time I heard “separate the art from the artist” was with Roman Polanski. I don’t give a fuck how “talented” he is, he is a disgusting pervert. He drugged and raped a 13 year old child. Anyone who defends that is as bad as him.

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      18 days ago

      He drugged and raped a 13 year old child.

      I hope everyone here is sane enough to understand that that is a lot worse than what JK Rowling is doing here.

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        18 days ago

        Of course it is. I was using it as an example of the first time I heard, “separate the art from the artist”, and how that term is too often used to excuse deplorable behaviour.

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        18 days ago

        Funding a hatred campaign with the sole purpose to dehumanize a certain part of the world’s population isn’t that much better, though. Her actions have a lot more victims.

        Polansky is disgusting and so is Rowling, but in a different way.