[bsder]

> The world would be a much better place if we could learn to separate the artist's work from the artist's personal deeds and opinions.

In what way does that make the world a better place?

Why should we celebrate an artist who does shitty things when there is almost certainly someone equally as talented who does not?

[wyclif]

Let me know when you're going to start boycotting Picasso paintings.

[nknighthb]

Why would I need to boycott something I have no use for in the first place?

[vezzy-fnord]

It'll stop us from getting consistently outraged at various people over their personal convictions and save us more energy to enjoy their work, which is often unrelated to the former.

Talent is a highly subjective measure. No doubt there are people as equally or more talented than Eich, but he is the creator of JavaScript, which is the fundamental language of the web and everyone's favorite double-clawed hammer to hammer in nails with, whether you like it or not.

[jbeja]

I just going to start using a transpiler to not feel so uncomfortable and dirty inside when i work in a web project :).