Honor Vincent Price, Demonize Charles Linn?

If you follow the Vincent Price page on Facebook, you saw a post earlier this week that was full of accolades for the late actor. The article mentioned his work advocating human rights and even featured a photo of him with Paul Robeson, noted actor and singer. 

Yet between his early 20s and early 30s, Price was a rabid anti-Semitic who frequently visited Hitler's Germany, openly admired the dictator, and wrote letters in which he called the Jewish race some of the vilest names imaginable. 

So how should we remember him?

Now let's turn to Charles Linn. The Birmingham banking icon was never an official part of the Confederate military, but did run blockades to provide food and funds for the South. Later he became quite the philanthropist who donated to groups helping all races and was one of the founders of AmSouth Bank. 

Now Linn is being vilified for his actions during the war with no thought as to his humanitarian work of later years. Is he that different from Vincent Price? Or does an idol of the silver screen get special treatment?

It's something to think about...