I just think, that with the exponentially increasing ability for stupid people to say stupid things in a louder voice atop a higher soapbox, it is unwise to assume that they are all just words and have no impact on others. I don’t want these people to have an audience. All they do is add further decay to the culture. You guys might say (and have said) that just because I don’t like something, that doesn’t mean it should be censored for all. Okay, granted that. But I don’t think just because we have freedom of speech, that inherently gives such speech any value.

I’m just tired of people of influence having a whole field of f*cks to give that is perpetually barren regarding how they negatively impact those who respect and listen to them.

Sure Cosby’s actions are unquestionably vile. But to say that people who say the things that (for example) Alex Jones says are lesser crimes because they are not physically destructive nor overtly psychologically destructive—to say that, overlooks how powerful words can be when they come from the mouths of the right people.

So no, I do not give talented people a pass for being shit just because they contribute something to the arts.