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Trollheart · 04-12-2013, 01:30 PM

I disagree entirely (and we had this conversation already in another thread): if I knew someone whose music I enjoyed was a racist/murderer/paedo I could not enoy their music any longer, or at least not as much as I had. F'r instance, though no big Gary Glitter fan, I wouldn't listen to his music now if you paid me.

I think it's difficult to separate the artist from their views, if they're extreme. Batlord and HHBH will tell you differently, and everyone's entitled to their view of course, but I would not be comfortable listening to --- and enriching -- someone who practiced something I was against, in a very extreme way, such as the ones mentioned above.

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Trollheart Born to be mild Join Date: Oct 2008 Location: 404 Not Found Posts: 26,996	I disagree entirely (and we had this conversation already in another thread): if I knew someone whose music I enjoyed was a racist/murderer/paedo I could not enoy their music any longer, or at least not as much as I had. F'r instance, though no big Gary Glitter fan, I wouldn't listen to his music now if you paid me. I think it's difficult to separate the artist from their views, if they're extreme. Batlord and HHBH will tell you differently, and everyone's entitled to their view of course, but I would not be comfortable listening to --- and enriching -- someone who practiced something I was against, in a very extreme way, such as the ones mentioned above. __________________ Trollheart: Signature-free since April 2018