everyone’s pretty much on board with burning Harry Potter books.
No they aren’t.
I don’t want to burn the books, just strip Rowling of ownership so she doesn’t profit off of them any further is all. Maybe put them in the public domain early
If wishes were horses, beggers would ride.
One of this things is within your power; the other, isn’t.
That said, burning her books only benefits her. If you want you hurt her, find someone who wants to buy and read them, and give them yours.
I got threatened with a ban on Blahaj because I pointed out basically this when somebody posted a picture of a burning Harry Potter book. It wasn’t even a criticism, it was just pointing out how funny life is that, for completely opposing reasons, trans people (and allies) and crazy Fundamentalists would both support what was happening in the picture.
The author (who was apparently a mod) made some comment about “hurr durr, mah both sides” and deleted my comment. It was very confusing, as my comment showed I clearly supported one of those sides (since I even referred to the Fundamentalists as crazy).
The crazy fundamentalists support her now. It’s all over Facebook.
There’s a difference between burning a book as a political statement because the author is actively harming you, and having a meltdown because the book has magic in it.
It also makes me uncomfortable that you characterize this as “sides.” As a trans person, my “side” is that I deserve to live, have access to medical care, and be treated equitably. Treating this like it’s an issue with “sides” is fucked up - one “side” thinks that all trans people should be forced back into the closet or detransitioned against our will, the other “side” just wants to be fucking alive.
Yeah, you’re missing the point.
They (the mod who deleted it) mentioned “both sides.” I said that two groups, for that one particular thing, both arrived at the “J.K. Rowling is bad” conclusion, and those two groups are fairly diametrically opposed. Not two sides, two separate groups.
My commentary on their “both sides” was that it was a weird take, since it’s clear (if there were two sides) which “side” I was on.
The why, though, wasn’t the issue, and I was attaching no commentary on their motivations (with the exception of calling the Fundeamentalists crazy, because, like… “magic is real and evil and a made-up story about a magical school promotes magic” is preeettttty crazy). It was purely the irony of seeing that post and realizing crazy Fundamentalists also hate Rowling. It’s like that “two strong arms clasping together” meme, with two groups that have nothing (or worse) to do with each other having one particular thing in common.
And look, I get it. It is a touchy subject, and trans people have been getting shit on for too long (especially now) and assuming the worst intentions of comments made is probably correct way more often than it should be. But even the slightest read into anything I’ve said shows no ill-will against trans people and their allies (and lots against crazy Fundamentalists who believe in magic).
And it’s not like the books changed. Just the people reading them.
In order to burn her books, you first have to purchase them, and at that point you’ve defeated your own purpose.
Persecuting infidels has always been a universally popular occupation. The Christianity etc is only a justification.
Not enough people. You still see people talking about it, citing their Hogwarts houses, playing the games, squeeing about news of the TV show snd so on as if nothing was amiss, and dismissing any concerns about the profits going to persecute trans people as some kind of weird Peta-tier puritanism. It’s still considered acceptable in the mainstream to be into HP and be accepted as a good person.
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When you reveal yourself to be a bigoted, hateful person, most evolved and compassionate people tend to dislike you.
Not really down with burning the books, just that Rowling is using money from the series to fund a campaign against trans people.
I’m not going to spend money that someone is going to use to turn around and attack my rights with.
Like, if I was in the UK - it would be illegal for me to piss basically anywhere. Trans women are supposed to use the men’s, but because trans men are autistic self hating lesbians (the kind of shitty propaganda that bitch funds) we don’t exist and can’t piss in the men’s or the women’s.
I’m not very opposed to the mediocre children’s book series for their content - it’s just typical “the status quo is good actually.” I’m not going to give money to people who are using their money to hurt me.
The setting is fun. The author is garbage. Also don’t think too hard about the characters or the way different magical races are portrayed.
Yeah if you start analysing it and paying the slightest attention with -phobias in mind the whole thing starts looking at bit sus.
The first movie has a couple possibly problematic things (“you’re supposed to be a good athlete, it’s in your genes”), but I feel like a lot of it goes away the longer the movies continue.
The goblins made me go “uhh…” even when I first saw the first movie as a teen.
When you pay the game you realize how few women and non-white characters there were.
Which game lol
Hogwarts legacy
“It’s the work of the devil!”
Maybe they were right all along. 🤔
