[purple, happy]
You know how sometimes you don't want to keep consuming media after finding out who wrote it?

[blue, a finger raised]
Sure, people would say you're having a hard time separating the art from the artist

[purple, distraught]
Well the other day I was reading this book called "Mein Kampf" which was alright, then I looked up the author's bio on Wikipedia and… damn

[blue, blasé]
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https://thebad.website/comic/advanced_media_literacy

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[–] 10 points 4 weeks ago (1 child)

I think it's meant to be criticising people who just say "separate the art from the artist" for things like Harry Potter, but them pointing out the hypocrisy with a book that no one can defend because of who wrote it. That's my take, anyway

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  • [–] 2 points 4 weeks ago

    Yeah but the point of the saying “separate the art of the artist” is that it’s difficult to reconcile a piece of media you would otherwise like with the fact the artist is a POS.

    Basically everyone agrees Mein Kampf sucks, even Nazis only like it performatively. So there’s no reconciliation necessary if you don’t like the media anyway. OP’s comic feels like a miss, the obvious strawman doesn’t even says he likes it just that it’s alright so it barely even fits the saying anyway.

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