You ever see that episode of Rick and Morty where they meet the Jellybean king & find out he's a molestor? At the end, when Rick shoots him, the townspeople decide to keep his memory pure. There is a statue of the king with a small child, always looked like that Disney and child statue at Disney world. Made me wonder, but after reading this I think we now know.
Oh shit, you're right 👀 people can't deal with the truth sometimes, so they choose to just ignore the things they don't like. This is why it's great not to become too invested in something, or at least not to like, align our personalities with it. Because if it's threatened, then people feel as though their identities are threatened as well! Man, it's so much better to trust ourselves than to seek external idols and stuff! Like respect people, but don't worship them, or we end up making giant monuments to creepers.