# Should people avoid consuming art they enjoy from an artist who they dislike or disagree with on a personal level?

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**Created:** [February 13, 2023, 5:17pm UTC](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 "2023-02-13T17:17:52Z")\
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**Post date:** [February 15, 2023, 4:40pm UTC](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/979721/120 "2023-02-15T16:40:15Z")

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> [@minor7flat5](#):
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> I have a collection of Isaac Asimov’s bound science essays that I gathered over the years.
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> I am not willing to read them nor pass them on. One of these days I’ll get around to putting them in the landfill, where his work belongs.
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> When I found out about how he treated women, the many rather dated-sounding introductions to his essays suddenly came into clearer focus as the work of an arrogant, pretentious, self-indulgent creep.  
> Nope. no more for me.

I am very thankful that the world does not depend on you to keep knowledge alive. Your attitude is reprehensible.

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