Staggering hypocrisy towards Chris Brown

There has been some staggering hypocrisy displayed on social networks and other outlets the world over towards Chris Brown after his assault of Rihanna. People are saying they no longer like his music, because they know he is a nasty person in his private life.

A common example is this much-circulated review:

Now, don't get me wrong, I regard Chris Brown as a knuckle-dragging thug whose music I wouldn't voluntarily listen to in a thousand years, but since when did someone's personal life affect your opinion of their creative output?

Mark Wahlberg once beat up an elderly Vietnamese man so badly he left him permanently blind in one eye. Yet how many of you paid to see the film Ted this summer?

In case you're wondering, I paid to see Ted, because the fact that Mark Wahlberg viciously assaulted someone doesn't change the quality of a film he was in.

And just because Chris Brown beat up Rihanna doesn't mean his music has suddenly dropped in quality. It's the same level it always was. Frankly, I can't stand his music, but if you liked the crap he was churning out years ago, you're a hypocrite for claiming to dislike it now because of the Rihanna assault.