That conversation recently came up about what art people can still enjoy when they "know" too much about the artist. Painters being pedophiles, composers being anti-Semetic, etc. Ernest Hemingway abandoned his wife and child and liked bull fighting. What to do, what to do?

Besides that consideration, you have the moral obligation to denounce criminal behavior, but if the accused is your friend, there's a moral obligation to stand by them when they are accused. How do you turn your back on a friend in a time of crisis?

And why wouldn't Allen have molested an adopted daughter, when he had a relationship with another one and married her? Where is the surprise?

At any rate, I suspect that this situation is similar to many white people's experience. You know how men glaze over when women start talking about oppression and inequality and abuse? Recounting the history of abuse and oppression to them doesn’t do a lot of good, either. I’ve had those conversations. Call it Male Fragility. They didn’t perpetuate misogyny and don’t partake, so they don’t feel personally responsible.

These men mainly see women who are doing just fine. They've never known an abused or sexually harassed woman, perhaps, or didn't believe it, or dismissed it as an anomaly; or they are struggling financially, and here is a woman with bucks talking about unequal pay. What they mainly see are healthy, educated women with good jobs.

That's how many white people feel. They see injustices and inequities in every group, but the people they actually know are healthy, educated people with good jobs. So they start to glaze over.

And THEN you have infighting and non-support from people in your own group, like women who want to legislate women's bodies, or who don’t believe a women’s museum honoring their accomplishments is necessary.

I try to remember that everyone is entitled to their own opinions and beliefs. I try to remember that everyone is entitled......