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Originally Posted by shalym
Well, in the case of MZB, all money from sales of her books is going to the charity Save the Children, so you're not supporting her or her family if you buy her books.
Again, though, the original discussion was sparked by me posting a picture of a 40 year old book that was bought by a 16 year old girl who had no idea of the background of the author (in fact, the allegations of the author herself abusing children weren't made public until almost 30 years *after* the book was purchased). As I said, I absolutely refuse to feel guilty for buying and enjoying books that were bought and read decades before the allegations became public. As for the fact of her husband's convictions and her knowing about his actions, while it wasn't hidden, it also wasn't broadcast to the general public in the 80s or 90s. Do you do research on the lives of every author before you buy a book from them? This all started with DNSB trying to shame me for posting the picture of a page from a book...unfortunately, I refuse to feel shame.
Shari
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I don’t know why you quoted my post, as your response is entirely irrelevant to it. For one thing, I spoke only in general terms and didn’t reference MZB specifically; I even went so far as to say that each case was situational.
I also absolutely made no mention of you and your imputed “guilt.” I was responding to a specific post, and yes, my post actually referred to that post. Quite the novel concept, apparently.
Perhaps you need to climb down and not assume everything is about you and a hidden attack on you? And get comfortable with the notion that threads move on? There’s also no point at all in reiterating a point over and over; we got it the first time. You don’t feel guilty. Awesome. However, I detect an element of protesting too much in your repeated affront at something that wasn’t directed at you
at all.