i ask myself this question most mornings and the answer is often yes

like if adolf hitler came back from the afterlife today to say "i have come to realize that this entire nazi thing was completely wrong, and i urge all followers of my ideology to seriously reconsider their positions." you'd have leftists saying "DON'T LISTEN TO HIM, HE'S A HYPOCRITE"

like, if an ex meth addict comes up to me and says "hey man, dont do meth, it'll ruin your life" i'm not gonna be like "ah! dastardly hypocrite! i think you should not be taken seriously!". likewise for any and all acts that are actually morally reprehensible.

but you get genuine 10iq troglodytes talking about "he's a hypocrite! how can you write songs about how beating your wife is bad when you yourself used to beat your wife?" which is an insanely stupid take,

lennon is kind of the platonic ideal of a guy who was very shitty coming to realize the error in his ways, putting real time, effort, and will into becoming a better person, and even devoting himself to speaking out against the kind of man he used to be. it's such an obviously good character arc

this is so based

glad to be of service o7

1984

real as fuck i be writing songs in there in my head and then i have to quickly get out for a minute so i can sing the idea into my voice notes app (i put my phone in the room for this reason) and then get back in