• HeuristicAlgorithm9@feddit.uk
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    2 months ago

    The idiom “separate the art from the artist” actually means the opposite to that. It means that it doesn’t matter what the artist intended, if it caused offense then it is still offensive. Rather than, it doesn’t matter how much offensive stuff put into the art if I don’t find it offensive then it’s fine.

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      2 months ago

      That’s not at all the commonly known meaning. It’s differentiating the art from the actions or beliefs of the artists. I like plenty of art, music, literature, created by awful people, but that doesn’t reduce the meaning or importance of their work.