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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsAm I just not progressive enough to understand this?
At lunch today somehow the conversation got onto the subject of Roman Polanski and two people said they didn't agree with his raping that girl but they understood that artists require some leeway. They said enlightened and progressive people understand that genius is flawed and look at the incredible gifts of art he has given the world. They tried to get me as the only other self professed progressive to support them and when I wouldn't I was told I just couldn't see the truth and should try to see things from the other side. I'm sorry his wife was killed by the Manson family but I will never understand what he did with that 13 year old girl, now where do I turn in my membership card?
Matrosov
(1,098 posts)Some whack jobs simply try to excuse the inexcusable and then call it "open minded"
Scootaloo
(25,699 posts)The people you were talking to are about two states over that line.
bigwillq
(72,790 posts)alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)Subtle.
markpkessinger
(8,401 posts)ripcord
(5,537 posts)I know I'm not the most liberal minded person on these boards, in fact there are people who embarrass me but that is why I keep reading, hopefully I will become a better person.
WinkyDink
(51,311 posts)markpkessinger
(8,401 posts). . . nor does it have anything to do with Polanski's creative genius. Being an artistic genius is no guarantor of being a decent human being, nor does being a great artist excuse a person from being accountable to the same laws as everyone else.
alcibiades_mystery
(36,437 posts)markpkessinger
(8,401 posts). . . that this OP was an attempt to bait DU-ers? Looks like a pretty standard, run-of-the-mill case of right wing trolling to me!
Nye Bevan
(25,406 posts)I don't really buy the "flawed genius" defense.
ScreamingMeemie
(68,918 posts)... I'm sorry. Just, no. Nope. Stop.