To name a few: Ariel Pink James Brown Björk Yoko Ono David Bowie Miles Davis Joni Mitchell Yukio Mishima Louis CK People seem to take pleasure in their own moral superiority a lot of the time. Not to mention no one ever takes a firm stance. They call out a singer, but not an athlete for their favourite team. I understand where it's coming from, but it also becomes increasingly wishy washy while also being puritanical.

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Ive thought about the moral dilemma of this for a while and the only realistic conclusion I can come up with for myself is just to not listen to new works from the bands and artists that have allegations come out against them, and just stick to the stuff I liked before I knew about their dirty laundry
3d ago
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True that. i listen to a lot of pop punk and old rock bands, so if I took out every band out of my playlists that has done something shitty, I would literally have nothing to listen to. A lot of really shitty people make really good songs Unfortunately
3d ago

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