Why is it so hard to separate art from the artist?

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@simonize

this makes me think about how we regard Thomas Jefferson. A man who indisputably had great things to say about freedom

Watching this reinforced the idea that we could start talking about others of his generation a lot more, too:

Black Lives Matter. Still

[Let's talk about identifying with the bad guy a little more....] Beau has some blunt talk and good questions for a viewer who wants to know if there are any white heroes to admire from the first days of the U.S. as a country. Beau’s patience is something to behold. I doubt I’d have the civility to answer as gracefully as he did when asked if systemic racism still exists in the U.S.