# Can you still enjoy Michael Jackson’s music? **URL:** \ **Category:** Cafe Society\ **Tags:** music\ **Created:** [July 2, 2024, 3:49pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-enjoy-michael-jackson-s-music/1003638 "2024-07-02T15:49:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 1\ **Showing post:** 31
**Author:** ![Whack-a-Mole](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/whack-a-mole/32/141_2.png) [@Whack-a-Mole](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Whack-a-Mole)\ **Post date:** [July 2, 2024, 10:04pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-enjoy-michael-jackson-s-music/1003638/31 "2024-07-02T22:04:52Z")
> [@LSLGuy](#): > > I cannot imagine giving two shits about whether he was a saint or a devil. FWIW there was a debate about this 18 months or so ago on the SDMB. Some here might be interested. Roughly the same question as the OP but more broadly applied: > [@Should people avoid consuming art they enjoy from an artist who they dislike or disagree with on a personal level?](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/should-people-avoid-consuming-art-they-enjoy-from-an-artist-who-they-dislike-or-disagree-with-on-a-personal-level/979721): > > I recently watched [this video](https://youtu.be/uNKyQVsgKLg?t=179) by Jim Sterling (Warning: transphobic content used to illustrate the point) regarding the recent release of the video game Hogwarts Legacy. Sterling is a trans woman and is open about it and speaks to it often on her channel (which has been running many years) which is mostly PC game journalism. The Tl;Dw version is Sterling is no fan of J.K. Rowling and Rowling’s antagonism towards the trans community. During the video Sterling says that, while she is not saying n… --- _[View the full topic](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/can-you-still-enjoy-michael-jackson-s-music/1003638)._