Rowling is obviously a scumbag, and I don't think highly of people that give her any money under any context, but why are people freaking out so badly on reddit over this trend? It's genuinely so weird how many of you are like "You're EVIL if you like harry potter! You should be ashamed of yourself, and die, now!". It's fine to like something, that doesn't mean you're paying people money for it.
You're being hysterical. "Stop talking about Harry Potter" is nothing like what you said. Talking about the franchise without the harmful context just serves to normalize and popularize it further. You don't need this franchise, or any character within it. Not posting about it at all is easier than continuing to post about it.
"hysterical"??? Damn, your misogyny is showing, was that intentional? Anyway; This is patently absurd. Harry potter isn't a memetic hazard, and treating it like it is just turns it into a mean-spirited meme.
EDIT: I just realized what sub this is. That makes sense. This sub is full of this kind of bizarre hate. So many people crashing the fuck out at ever SEEING a pizzacake comic. I guess it's the same thing with harry potter now? At least that's slightly more justified. Why is this sub like this though?
Dude, using an accurate adjective to describe your behavior is not "mysogyny", grow up. And the rest of the comment proves the adjective even more. I didn't say it was a memetic hazard. I explained how keeping it relevant is straightforwardly harmful to trans people.
It's an excuse to bully people. That's what it is, at least in this thread. You see someone likes harry potter, then decide, "They like this thing someone I hate made, I'm going to pour out my bad feelings onto them". Don't pretty it up. It doesn't protect trans people to enforce your own special thought crimes. It is not bigoted to like a media that does not, in and of itself, contain bigotry. You don't get to pretend that you're 'moral' for meanspiritedly piling onto people expressing enjoyment of something.
Rowling is a terrible person. But acting like the people who like her stuff are invariably terrible people, or acting like talking about her content is somehow in and of itself bigoted is how you create a puritan bubble.
Does it? I don't recall much. There's some concerning stuff with the goblins and house elves, and it's certainly written by a very british-centered mindset, but I don't think it had any particularly bigoted content, especially not explicitly so.
Also; accusing people of trolling because they disagreed with you. Hm. I wonder which play-book that came from?
Seriously, condemning people to establish your moral standing, pretending that any sort of disagreement isn't just wrong but idiotic.... It's just puritanism dressed up as progressivism.
Not sure what else I'd expect from reddit, though. Especially this sub. Reddit loves this shit.
You're not getting more out of me here, it is very obvious what you are doing. If by some bizarre chance got are being sincere here: consider looking at your own views in a mirror.
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u/Koranna267 6h ago
Rowling is obviously a scumbag, and I don't think highly of people that give her any money under any context, but why are people freaking out so badly on reddit over this trend? It's genuinely so weird how many of you are like "You're EVIL if you like harry potter! You should be ashamed of yourself, and die, now!". It's fine to like something, that doesn't mean you're paying people money for it.