Apparently they brought comfort, laughter, and hope to thousands of men in uniform.

But so many of the jokes were demeaning to women that I could hardly stand to hear him.

Context is everything.

https://broadly.vice.com/en_us/article/mbqqeb/isnt-it-funny-that-bing-crosby-and-bob-hope-were-woman-hating-bigots

instead of wasting millions of taxpayer dollars.

The Shock Doctrine (Naomi Klein)