cassidyclown on Nostr: You Will Never Know Why It's also shallow to brush away sins under the banner of his ...

You Will Never Know Why (npub1uzg…sppm) It's also shallow to brush away sins under the banner of his being "flawed and troubled" like he's a character in a story and not a real person that caused real people pain. People tend to do this with celebrities whilst not affording the average-joe domestic abuser the same leniency and romanticism. The celebrity is simply called "flawed". I'm not saying that you can't appreciate him as an artist because he was a piece of shit. I like a lot of Beatles songs - Run For Your Life and Jealous Guy included. It's also possible to detachedly examine the good and bad of someone's character without running defense for their sins. Although even ignoring the wife-beating and child neglect, a lot of his peace and love stunts come across as self-indulgent and performative.