Saw a news commentator make the argument if one should separate inappropriate from the appropriate in a person.
They uses Kevin Spacey as an example.
Spacey is a pedophile.
Spacey is an excellent actor.
Neither adds to or takes away from the other.
So, if you were wanting an excellent actor to play a fictional character in a movie, how does Spacey being a pedophile hinder his ability to fulfill the requirement you need for the job?
Or to put another way, if Michael Angelo was a pedophile, would his art be any less spectacular?
And yet another way to put it, if Kevin Spacey invented a cure for cancer, would we say, "Sorry, bud, your're a pedophile so we will not support it"?
I can see his point.
Even law enforcement will use convicted criminals to help them solve a case for another suspected criminal as a means to better fulfill the job.
So it is not unrealistic to use deplorables to get a job done that is needed to get done at the time.
Which then leads to the job of a President.
Do you hire the guy that has the best ability to get the job done, or do you restrict yourself with a lesser qualified person because he is a nicer guy?
Would it be realistic to disqualify a genius in favor of less satisfactory results because the genius was not as nice of a guy?
How do we approach this realistically?
They uses Kevin Spacey as an example.
Spacey is a pedophile.
Spacey is an excellent actor.
Neither adds to or takes away from the other.
So, if you were wanting an excellent actor to play a fictional character in a movie, how does Spacey being a pedophile hinder his ability to fulfill the requirement you need for the job?
Or to put another way, if Michael Angelo was a pedophile, would his art be any less spectacular?
And yet another way to put it, if Kevin Spacey invented a cure for cancer, would we say, "Sorry, bud, your're a pedophile so we will not support it"?
I can see his point.
Even law enforcement will use convicted criminals to help them solve a case for another suspected criminal as a means to better fulfill the job.
So it is not unrealistic to use deplorables to get a job done that is needed to get done at the time.
Which then leads to the job of a President.
Do you hire the guy that has the best ability to get the job done, or do you restrict yourself with a lesser qualified person because he is a nicer guy?
Would it be realistic to disqualify a genius in favor of less satisfactory results because the genius was not as nice of a guy?
How do we approach this realistically?