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by keepquestioning 1267 days ago
Unfortunately Pelé was a womanizer. One good act does not wash out the bad.
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Wasn't Einstein a womanizer too? I know it's a bad thing but conversely, bad acts do not necessarily diminish a person completely.

I think there needs to be nuance in recognizing people who were great, not just boxing them as either good or bad since at the end of the day, they were still people with faults.

Exactly, I like to say the good does not nullify the bad, but the bad does not also nullify the good.

Both stand on their own in the same person. Of course, like God, we would like to enhance the good in people, and diminish the bad, helping them to become better versions of themselves