It is interesting to see how much nuance gets applied to understanding troubled people, and by whom.

We feel automatic sympathy for those who look like us, and we have an easier time imagining them as a person with conflicting impulses and values. Some people would not acknowledge that about themselves.

Hell yeah. Better to support artists who don't champion racism.

I don't think that's exclusive to white men at all. We have seen a number of concerning anti-Semitic statements from Black NBA players and one particular Arab podcaster. The general rule seems to be something like "Rich / famous people are allowed to only mildly reject -isms that are common in the community in which they grew up."

> Shouldn't we reject these people entirely?

Probably, but humanity doesn't seem to have the luxury of rejecting anything in total, and I'm not convinced the attempts are working.

When Scott was rejected he was immediately given a platform by Fox news. Our current regime was rejected quite thoroughly across a number of platforms (the Republican primary, Twitter, Congress, etc.) but here we stand.