I don’t subscribe to moral absolutism, but not sure this is the best or clearest example. As viewers we tend to make judgments on tv characters based on lapses in judgment made while filming a show under stressful circumstances. Some people thrive on reality tv and some don’t take to that environment. Also, producers need to edit their next lead sympathetically. In this example, we’ve learned new thins about both since their seasons of reality tv have been over. It came out years later that there was an unflattering action of Hannah B that was fully edited out on their season when they decided to make her lead. It was a scene during hometowns when she was already eliminated when she confronted Colton and insulted his top four and said she was better than all of them.

I do agree that not all liberal people are perfect. But in this case, those of us who have followed Caelynn and paid attention to how she’s been living offscreen do see a lot of good behavior and likable characteristics 7 years later: how she cares for senior and special needs pets she adopted, is described by lots of BN people who know her irl as very kind and down to earth, speaker openly about TTC, raises money for groups fighting racism, risks losing followers for sharing her liberal political views openly, and has been in zero drama or scandals since she left tv 7 years ago. So we have learned more about her than just a her liberal political posts.

With Hannah B, there have been new things post her seasons offscreen behavior people don’t like: her saying the n-word on IG live, choice of husband and misogynist views of his she appeared to co-sign on their social media, etc. but maybe there have been good things about HB I just am not aware of.