I can and do appreciate all of that, and I don't question anyone's (or any culture's) response. But boycotting a dead artist is not, so far as I can tell, a part of our culture.
Let me make one other point, that also differentiates the comparisons in this sub-thread. I think it is one thing to sanction/boycott/etc a person who has done something reprehensible that they DID (the word itself kinda says that, no?), but quite another to sanction people's ideas and speech, something that violates the core of our traditions. We are not talking about preventing someone who defended an abuser from attending the Oscars or having their show produced. This is not universally true, but is a hallmark of our society. In Germany for instance there are ideas that cannot be legally expressed.
Alas, Newton is right about the complicated part. |
