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<blockquote data-quote="pickin_grinnin" data-source="post: 6351294" data-attributes="member: 6697674"><p>I can generally separate the author from the work. When making purchases, though, I refuse to give money to anyone who I think is actively harming others.</p><p></p><p>I have never read Marion Zimmer Bradley's work. Knowing what I know about her now, though, I have no interest in ever picking up anything she or her husband wrote. Child abuse is one of the most horrific crimes there is, and I wouldn't be able to forget or overlook what I know about them while reading their books.</p><p></p><p>I have always enjoyed Frank Miller's comics. I dislike him and his views, but I can read his work and forget who wrote them. He's a blowhard, but that's about it - he doesn't actively work to hurt other people in substantial ways (other than simply being offensive), as far as I know.</p><p></p><p>I will read some things by Orson Scott Card, but only if purchased used. I won't give him any money because he's a homophobic bigot (among other things) who actively works against gay rights. I won't help to fund that.</p><p></p><p>I won't do anything to put a single cent of money into Scientology's hands, because they do a lot of things that hurt a lot of people. I would never buy an L. Ron Hubbard book that was being sold "new" because they would get the money. I don't read copies from used bookstores because he's just a terrible writer.</p><p></p><p>Lovecraft is a very interesting case. He was racist, but it's really more accurate to say that he was broadly xenophobic, even when it came to things beyond race. He had some very odd psychological and emotional issues, and desperately wanted to be an 18th century New England wealthy "gentleman." He was very naive in some ways, and lived his life in books and letters, trying to construct an odd little personal reality for himself. He freaked out while living (briefly) among the immigrant populations in the Red Hook district of New York, has several nervous breakdowns (starting in his teens), and was extremely eccentric overall. He tended to be extremely fearful of things that were outside of his idealized existence in New England. He ranted a lot about "mongrel races" and such in his letters and writings, but doesn't seem to have been mean to people in real life. He even married a Jewish woman, despite his anti-Semitic rants. He was just a fascinating, strange person overall.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="pickin_grinnin, post: 6351294, member: 6697674"] I can generally separate the author from the work. When making purchases, though, I refuse to give money to anyone who I think is actively harming others. I have never read Marion Zimmer Bradley's work. Knowing what I know about her now, though, I have no interest in ever picking up anything she or her husband wrote. Child abuse is one of the most horrific crimes there is, and I wouldn't be able to forget or overlook what I know about them while reading their books. I have always enjoyed Frank Miller's comics. I dislike him and his views, but I can read his work and forget who wrote them. He's a blowhard, but that's about it - he doesn't actively work to hurt other people in substantial ways (other than simply being offensive), as far as I know. I will read some things by Orson Scott Card, but only if purchased used. I won't give him any money because he's a homophobic bigot (among other things) who actively works against gay rights. I won't help to fund that. I won't do anything to put a single cent of money into Scientology's hands, because they do a lot of things that hurt a lot of people. I would never buy an L. Ron Hubbard book that was being sold "new" because they would get the money. I don't read copies from used bookstores because he's just a terrible writer. Lovecraft is a very interesting case. He was racist, but it's really more accurate to say that he was broadly xenophobic, even when it came to things beyond race. He had some very odd psychological and emotional issues, and desperately wanted to be an 18th century New England wealthy "gentleman." He was very naive in some ways, and lived his life in books and letters, trying to construct an odd little personal reality for himself. He freaked out while living (briefly) among the immigrant populations in the Red Hook district of New York, has several nervous breakdowns (starting in his teens), and was extremely eccentric overall. He tended to be extremely fearful of things that were outside of his idealized existence in New England. He ranted a lot about "mongrel races" and such in his letters and writings, but doesn't seem to have been mean to people in real life. He even married a Jewish woman, despite his anti-Semitic rants. He was just a fascinating, strange person overall. [/QUOTE]
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