I agree, and have agreed, that both are bad, and yes surely adultery can affect those outside the immediate family circle but again I have to reiterate it stops there. Adultery does not go on to hurt a wide swathe of people unconnected to the perpetrator and is generally confined to within the environs of those to whom it matters and whom it affects. Racism --- let's say overt racism, because after all if someone "keeps their racism to themselves" then you really don't know that they are racist, and the whole idea of this thread is the notion that you're supposed to KNOW the artist is racist or whatever --- does. It's insidious, it's contagious and it can affect people in terrible ways.
It can also be taught and perpetuated down the generations. Someone with a racist father (or mother) is likely to grow up racist themselves and teach their children bigotry too, whereas generally, an adulterer is unlikely to encourage his or her kids to cheat on their spouses. They may take that as an example, but they may just as easily use it as a way NOT to live their lives, especially if it's hurt theirs. Racism can become a way of life, a creed even, and mostly adultery is a mistake (usually though not always regretted) and something nobody would really intend to pass on to their kids.
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