Oh no dont get me wrong, I understand being hurt by it but at the same time its sadly something everyone has to be prepared for now and rightfully so.
Manson as I said was a massive influence in my teens, his songs helped plant seeds that made me question certain things about how society is structured and the hypocrisy involved with religion and other areas. Luckily I wasn't already religious (from my perspective that is lucky) but still it wasn't something that was very common in most music. It was also just a big part of those years for me as that's around the time I got into metal etc. and so he was a staple for me. It was easy to brush away criticism about him as the usual moral panic as he always came across as smart and thoughtful in his interviews I saw. I stopped listening to his stuff after a while so didn't realise the downfall that was slowly building and the hints at what a monster he is so when it came out about his abuse accusations it was pretty hard to deal with.
Now it just gets easier and easier to toss people away that I have issues with, even friends.
I had a friend of over 10 years and was one of my only friends that I actually made the effort with. After a falling out we reconnected after a couple of years and whilst it seemed good at first, I quickly started suspecting that he had been falling down the alt right rabbit hole. After trying to help steer him away from it and thinking I may have had a shot, it became clear the influence was just too much online and he rapidly got worse. Now he has his YouTube channel with over 1.8k subs dedicated to anti SJW/woke nonsense and im glad I kept calling him out publicly on his videos so much he ended up blocking me. Worst part is he is black/Asian and I suspect isnt exactly straight yet he is fully embracing the alt right bullshit.
