I have a very serious question I need to ask.

[gaunt folio]

This has been bothering me for a very long time.

There's music I love, and a celebrity I like that makes that music... but his views are problematic. ||He was anti-abortion.|| There's a manga and anime I seriously love, but one of the scenes in the anime that wasn't in the manga was problematic. ||The protags called this officer of a villainous army who was gay a lot of slurs.|| There are movies I loved and laughed at, but had problematic humor. ||Airplane has derogatory humor.||

Does it make me problematic by extension, even if my own values aren't problematic?

[opaque tiger]

No

It doesn't

[heady zinc]

It doesn’t. My personal philosophy is if I enjoy a piece of art, but the creator is problematic, I don’t restrict myself from enjoying/experiencing it, but I will not openly recommend that artist’s/creator’s work to others. That way I don’t help promote someone who is problematic, but can still take part in something that gives me joy personally