CWed for Length: About Bill Cosby and Cognitive dissonance.
So, I gotta admit, I'm experiencing some cognitive dissonance over the whole Bill Cosby thing.
I believe justice was served, of course, but part of my brain has trouble divorcing Bill Cosby from his character on The Cosby Show.
I remember growing up that he was a really important role model to young men- young black men, in particular- but everyone could be like Cosby. Everyone could be that kind of genteel and well spoken man.
Again, I'd like to say that I fully support the decisions, and there is no doubt in my mind that Bill Cosby is a violent sexual predator.
However, I'm still having brain pains from my previously held views versus the truth.
CWed for Length: About Bill Cosby and Cognitive dissonance.
@Surasanji I really want to disagree with you - I think the character on the Cosby show can still be a good role model even if the actor wasn't...
But I had bought the first few seasons of the Cosby show on DVD just before the allegations came out... and haven't watched any of them yet. Just saw a news clip of Cosby being led out in cuffs that makes it more difficult to think of the role he played as separate from what he evidently did and from what's happening now.
