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[Tara Maya]

You’re right, of course. Artistic works should be judged on their own merits and not based on one’s opinion of the artist. But it’s hard to do. I still enjoy the comics. I just don’t find as much pleasure in the blog anymore.

It does make me fear being too open about my own opinions in public fora, because I know that my political opinions are unlikely to find support of either the Left or the Right. So I’d alienate everyone. And to what purpose? Maybe it’s better just to express myself through fiction. But then again, every now and again, I feel like pontificating just for the fun of it. And why not?

So I teeter-tooter on this...

Tara Maya
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> On Dec 15, 2015, at 11:18 PM, Dan TheBookMan <danust2012 at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> You're right in a way. Yes, we should expect entertainers to be the same off stage, etc. But there can still be moral judgements made here. A comedian who wants to relax and have a nice meal at a restaurant and not continue his stand up act is not exactly the same as them writing a blog about various topics. Yes, it's silly to expect their act to continue from one medium to the next. But we can still say, "Hey, I love their comedy, but their views on X, Y, and Z are screwy." (I haven't read the particular blog, though I enjoy the comic strip. But then reading a comic strip is really low investment, and I rarely put any time into reading blogs regularly. That's my excuse, and I'm sticking to it!;)
> 
>  Regards,
> 
> Dan

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