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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Clint_L" data-source="post: 8944910" data-attributes="member: 7035894">I'm hesitant to throw my 2 cents in. Not that the internet isn't a place for nuanced discussion of sensitive issues.In general, I'm not a fan of cancelling art that makes us uncomfortable, particularly art from earlier eras, and I don't generally support limiting people's freedom of choice when it comes to what they enjoy. I understand that there are exceptions, such as public art that acts as a statement of collective values (e.g. monuments), art that is specifically intended to incite hatred, or art that is otherwise criminal. I don't think the text in question is any of those things.And I'm not a fan of petitions to pressure distributors to cancel certain artists or works of art, even art or artists that I detest. I think artists and distributors should be free to make their choices and bear the consequences of those choices. If a distributor chooses to sell material that tarnishes their reputation, well that's on them. They should have the freedom to make poor choices. I have the freedom to not buy from them, and to express my opinion publicly.I support engaging critically with art, including publicly criticizing art that you find problematic. I also think that it is one of the main duties of art to sometimes be problematic, and to make us uncomfortable.In this case, Hasbro is choosing to still sell art that I personally find problematic in any number of ways. I support them having the right to do so, just as I support booksellers selling books from the past and present that deeply offend me, and record companies selling music that I sometimes find vile. I think that as freedom loving people, it is our responsibility to accept art that we don't like. The answer isn't to shut it down, it's to confront it, consider it and, if we think it necessary, to counter it with our own viewpoint.</blockquote>

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