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Originally Posted by fjtorres
Nope.
But there are times when wise people avail themselves of the opportunity to remain silent and not degrade their reputation and brand. Offhandedly offending vast swaths of your readership (or an entire asian nation or three) might lead some to reevaluate their perception of you, perhaps leading to comparisons with Chauncey Gardiner or Forest Gump.
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Quite right. And sadly, when someone is less than wise, perhaps at the end of an otherwise brilliant career, they behave as you describe. Which impacts on their reputation, but hopefully not on their work. And in the future people say, "Oh yes, she, or he, was a great artist, but ....."