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4 years ago

it's Oscar Wilde's birthday and I just recently learned some NOT OK info about him, so here's the skinny:

Throughout his adulthood, Oscar Wilde frequently groomed minors, participated in sex tourism, and died at 46 whilst in an "affair" with a 15 yo. He hired sexually trafficked minors and once reportedly "loaned" a kid to a friend for sexual purposes.

Wilde was not all wine and satire and ready wit. He was an unrepentant paedophile. While it may seem valuable to recognize his achievements, who are we to decide that Oscar wilde was a more valuable person than the boys he serially abused?

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/theatre-dance/features/oscar-wilde-facing-retrial-9773718.html

https://thefederalist.com/2018/09/18/time-left-stop-idolizing-oscar-wilde-hes-pervert/

https://books.google.com/books?id=_uIOBAAAQBAJ

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