It's Okay to read Books by Despicable People

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I've been seeing all sorts of virtue signalling BS on the forum today.

>Steven King is a pedophile
>William Burroughs killed his wife
>the usual "But what about the Gulags"!
>the usual "But what about the Gas Chambers!"
>Bluepill/Redpill
>Nietzsche inspired the Nazis
>Tao Lin raped someone
etc etc etc

Guys, its perfectly fine to read a book written by someone who's life didn't meet the highest moral standards. The point of reading a book shouldn't be to do a posthumous psychoanalysis and indict the author on moral crimes and failures. You can totally do this, but it shouldn't determine what you do and don't read.

Read what your interested in! It's safe and okay to read about morally reprehensible behavior and actions. If you read some William Burroughs, you are reading a book, not engaging in murder, drug use or gay sex. His actions aren't contagious! His behavior will not degrade your soul/mind/whatever.

Of course there is always the "Learn from them, Don't make the same mistakes" attitude but this isn't even required really. It's also okay to read something and learn absolutely nothing. In fact, it's probably a better idea from some sense of 'mental training' to occasionally pick up texts which are totally incomprehensible. Ever try to read an auto manual? Ever try to read a piece of legislation? Ever try to read some autistic fan fic or deranged suicide note?

Reading is not a moral activity. We do not need to use reading to signal to others whether we are moral or immoral.