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What person has done the most to destroy their once good/neutral legacy? (lemmy.world)
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[–] 123 points 1 day ago (7 children)

Bill Cosby.

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  • [–] 8 points 23 hours ago (2 children)

    Seems the UK is going through their own Cosby moment right now with the David Walliams allegations

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  • [–] 3 points 17 hours ago (1 child)

    Walliams has been openly a creep for a long time, whether it was confirmed criminal or not. I don't think it's the same. There's just a line of behaviour somewhere where buying books for your kid from a creep crosses from acceptable to unacceptable.

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  • [–] 2 points 6 hours ago*

    People had been accusing Cosby as early as the 80s about assaults that happened as early as the 60s. Similar to how UK comedians joked openly about Walliams being a creep long before the allegations ever became public, the allegations against Cosby became public after the comedian Hannibal Buress joked about it on stage. It's not a 1 to 1 comparison by any means, but there are a lot of parallels in how the situations are playing out.

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  • [–] 3 points 19 hours ago

    I was mildly uncomfortable with black people as a young child, but my love for comedy made me accept Bill Cosby and many others.

    I will not let his shitty actions keep those lessons from me. It has been a good example for me of burning the speaker for transgressions, not the completely unrelated message.

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