The Why's;>....

I've been listening to some of the comments in Media about why Dean is being treated harder than Baldwin. Here's by "take":

Baldwin used derogatory language about a group that most of the world and MANY in the West consider "Less Than". Dean did of a group that HISTORICALLY was but is no longer...at least by "Good" people. Baldwin used terms that religious individuals AND THEIR LEADERS use....

Baldwin did it against an individual. Dean did it repeatedly about a people.

Baldwin did it against an individual that was attacking his spouse for an activity that not only was found out after to be false but an activity that vids shown(oft filmed BY smartphones, btw)that many at the event HAD done.

Baldwin "plays" the Arse on-stage AND in life. Dean plays the "Sweet old lady" on stage. The lawsuit(which covers NEW stuff, not decades old as keeps being played in the MSM)charges that behind the scenes this was NOT the case.

Personally? After 'Beetlejuice' I lost interest in him. Never been a big fan of "jock-types". As for Dean? Most Gay men of my generation automatically have a dislike of her "type"....these "ladies are the one's that'll work tirelessly to get you:
Fired
Thrown out of your home
Hassled by Police
etc

The reason "Butter won't melt in their mouths" is because while their words may be Warm, their Hearts are usually COLD......

Cheers,
Pat

Lore vs. Personal Experience....

One thing those not "Woo" Inclined DON'T have to "deal" with is when there is Dissonance between Lore and what you've Experienced about subject IN Lore. Even for someone whose been "hoeing this row" as long as I have, it can be difficult.
The 1st big thing is that if you're just stating out to realize that the Lore gives you a "clue", much like one of those Alerts on your local news. You probably won't be 100% sure who's who but you'll catch the obvious Imposter...something I'd guess 80% of those early on their Path DON'T.
The problem with Lore is that It was written a long time ago by a different culture than yours in a different language and often passed through scribes Hostile TO the material IN the Lore. I side with the faction that thinks the Tivar prevented more than allowed the Christians to meddle with much of the Lore. That means that, for me I have to "deal" with the cultural "stuff" of a Heterosexist Iron Age culture THROUGH my "stuff" as a member of a multicultural(though Christian culture-Dominated)Information Age culture. Needless to say, NEVER a dull moment;>!
One problem that oft comes up is when the "Woo-ster";> considers one or the other "Tru". The person who takes the Iron Age version as "Gospel Truth" will find themselves uncomfortable to personally driven out by their modern cultural world. The one's that take modern Progressive Western values(tm,pat-pending)as such will NEVER truly Understand either the material OR the Beings that Inspired them. What is needed is to Understand the Iron Age AS it was AND see how to apply that/see that through a "lens" of this world.
The Personal Nature's of those Beings doesn't change. Those Core Traits the Lore shows quite clearly. Sadly, a good example of someone who DIDN'T was Edred Thorsson on his material about Freya. The Being he writes about is NOT the one that I KNow or that is in the Lore...Even Aphrodite isn't THAT Playboy Mansionish;>! SHE isn't a Bimbo, SHE's a Warrior Goddess. 'Course, the fact that some guys think with their dicks is hardly news;>.....
Know your subject from what those who Knew Them in the Past BUT remember two IMPORTANT things:
Your World/Culture isn't theirs
THEY aren't Static like old YHVH. Time and Experience(s) change THEM as well as US. Heck, even Names change over time(but not Unrecognizably).

Not surprising there's ALWAYS more "Homework";>
Also I guess it's not that some have chose to avoid the whole thing by creating their own God/desses, myths, etc. Might be workable as a lifestyle but I can See a big drawback come Discorporation.....
Cheers,
Pat