#my father had opinion that he would never ever let čorba have a concert in croatia

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i actually do think you can consume art by problematic authors

hell, riblja čorba remains one of my fav bands ever and bora čorba was an actual četnik calling for genocide of croats (my people), to the point where he actively said in a song he wants to murder us. and check this: my father, who lived through the war, still loves his music and regularly plays it on the guitar. my dear friend, who grew up during war, hiding in the basement, listened to his records even then, while hiding from bombs. bombs dropped by četniks. by people like bora.

the difference between him and jk rowling is that he has literally zero power. hes an old nutcase living home and saying shit. he cant do a single thing to hurt us. he cant rally people against us and use his influence to spew hate. and he stopped saying that crap anyway, bc its not relevant anymore and hes a sad, crazy man, livin a miserable life.

another thing is: his music wasnt stained w anti-croatian rhetoric. in fact, him being a četnik is still smth i cant wrap my head around bc his music was so provocative and made sense. he sang abt dangers of ideology, yet succumbed to one himself. it was. so wild.

to the point: he doesnt profit off me listening to him, and he doesnt have any power. so yeah, in his case, im able to separate art from artist bc it isnt doing active harm.

#my mother had a different stance than my dad tho #she refused to listen to him or talk abt him #we were not allowed to put on cds etc on #my father had opinion that he would never ever let čorba have a concert in croatia #and that his songs should never be played on the public radios #he said he would totally go to his concert as long as its in serbia tho #and then there was one of the greatest singers in all balkan history who had shit opinions on war in kosovo #tho he supported croatian independence and sang abt horrors of bosnian genocides #when he said one of his songs was abt kosovo it totally ruined the song for me lmfao