• SirSamuel@lemmy.world
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    2 months ago

    Honest question, and this comes from a place of genuine good faith:

    Where do you draw the line? Hollywood is rife with abuse. SA of women, men, and minors. Toxic work environments. Labor abuses. It’s easy when there’s a single point that one can direct their anger towards. Neil Gaiman, J.K. Rowling, Harvey Weinstein, etc. And I’m not advocating that abuse in any form, once brought to light, should be ignored because others are getting away with it. But when it comes to boycotts, where is the line? It’s easy for me, I just pirate everything and directly support the artists I’m interested in supporting. But I’d like your perspective

    I’m gonna ask a couple of other commenters in this thread as well, because I’m curious

    • matthewmercury@reddthat.com
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      2 months ago

      Same as everybody else, I think, it’s a case by case basis, weighed against my own baggage and preconceptions, balanced as much as possible with not compromising so far on morals, ethics or principles that I agonize over it.

      I haven’t gotten rid of my Gaiman books yet, but I’m not going to be able to read them again without thinking about him, so eventually I’ll figure out how I want to dispose of them. I got rid of anything by Rowling years ago.